#4C2CA9#4C2CA9

#4C2CA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.186 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CA9
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 74%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 46.05, -61.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 77.09, 306.68°)
OKLab	oklab(41.62% 0.0544 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(41.62% 0.186 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.0405, 6.2019, 38.1437)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#4C2CA9 #89A92C

analogous

#2C4BA9 #4C2CA9 #8B2CA9

triadic

#4C2CA9 #A94C2C #2CA94C

tetradic

#4C2CA9 #A92C4B #89A92C #2CA98B

square

#4C2CA9 #A92C4B #89A92C #2CA98B

split-complementary

#4C2CA9 #A98B2C #4BA92C

monochromatic

#201348 #361F78 #4C2CA9 #6744CE #8F74DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4C2CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4C2CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CA9

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CA9	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244E68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.186 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c4',
    500: '#4c2ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ca9;
$custom-light: #8869c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.36,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41623,
    "c": 0.18597,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CA9

secondary

#ADC36E

accent

#E246BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CA9

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

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