#4C2CA3#4C2CA3

#4C2CA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.179 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CA3
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 163)
HSL	hsl(256, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 73%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.37, 44.29, -59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.37, 73.86, 306.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% 0.0558 -0.1699)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.179 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.4901, 5.9817, 35.2451)
Luminance	0.0598 (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

#4C2CA3 #83A32C

analogous

#2C48A3 #4C2CA3 #872CA3

triadic

#4C2CA3 #A34C2C #2CA34C

tetradic

#4C2CA3 #A32C48 #83A32C #2CA387

square

#4C2CA3 #A32C48 #83A32C #2CA387

split-complementary

#4C2CA3 #A3872C #48A32C

monochromatic

#1F1243 #361F73 #4C2CA3 #6641CC #8D71D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#4C2CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4C2CA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CA3

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CA3	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.179 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768bf',
    500: '#4c2ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ca3;
$custom-light: #8768bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.134,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41066,
    "c": 0.17878,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CA3

secondary

#A9C06B

accent

#E147B7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CA3

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

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