#4C2CAA#4C2CAA

#4C2CAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.187 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CAA
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.01, 46.34, -62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.01, 77.62, 306.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.72% 0.0541 -0.1791)
OKLCH	oklch(41.72% 0.187 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1347, 6.2395, 38.6401)
Luminance	0.0624 (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

#4C2CAA #8AAA2C

analogous

#2C4BAA #4C2CAA #8B2CAA

triadic

#4C2CAA #AA4C2C #2CAA4C

tetradic

#4C2CAA #AA2C4B #8AAA2C #2CAA8B

square

#4C2CAA #AA2C4B #8AAA2C #2CAA8B

split-complementary

#4C2CAA #AA8B2C #4BAA2C

monochromatic

#211349 #361F79 #4C2CAA #6844CF #8F75DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#4C2CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#4C2CAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CAA

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CAA	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234E69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.187 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8869c4',
    500: '#4c2caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2caa;
$custom-light: #8869c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.238,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41717,
    "c": 0.18715,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CAA

secondary

#AEC36F

accent

#E246BA

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CAA

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

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