#4C2CA5#4C2CA5

#4C2CA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.181 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CA5
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(256, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(256, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 73.3%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.55, 44.88, -60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.55, 74.94, 306.79°)
OKLab	oklab(41.25% 0.0553 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(41.25% 0.181 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6707, 6.0539, 36.1963)
Luminance	0.0605 (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

#4C2CA5 #85A52C

analogous

#2C48A5 #4C2CA5 #882CA5

triadic

#4C2CA5 #A54C2C #2CA54C

tetradic

#4C2CA5 #A52C48 #85A52C #2CA588

square

#4C2CA5 #A52C48 #85A52C #2CA588

split-complementary

#4C2CA5 #A5882C #48A52C

monochromatic

#1F1244 #361F75 #4C2CA5 #6642CD #8D72D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#4C2CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#4C2CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CA5

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CA5	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.181 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768c1',
    500: '#4c2ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ca5;
$custom-light: #8768c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.868,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4125,
    "c": 0.18119,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CA5

secondary

#AAC16C

accent

#E147B8

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CA5

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

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