#4C2CA2#4C2CA2

#4C2CA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.178 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CA2
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 72.8%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.28, 44.00, -58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.28, 73.32, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.97% 0.056 -0.1685)
OKLCH	oklch(40.97% 0.178 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4008, 5.9460, 34.7751)
Luminance	0.0595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2CA2 #82A22C

analogous

#2C47A2 #4C2CA2 #872CA2

triadic

#4C2CA2 #A24C2C #2CA24C

tetradic

#4C2CA2 #A22C47 #82A22C #2CA287

square

#4C2CA2 #A22C47 #82A22C #2CA287

split-complementary

#4C2CA2 #A2872C #47A22C

monochromatic

#1F1242 #351F72 #4C2CA2 #6640CB #8C70D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.59

#4C2CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4C2CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CA2

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CA2	1.00	9.59	2.19	9.59
#FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.178 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bf',
    500: '#4c2ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ca2;
$custom-light: #8768bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.271,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40974,
    "c": 0.17758,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CA2

secondary

#A8BF6A

accent

#E147B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CA2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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