#4C2CAC#4C2CAC

#4C2CAC is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.190 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CAC
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 172)
HSL	hsl(255, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 74.4%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.20, 46.92, -63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.20, 78.69, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(41.91% 0.0536 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(41.91% 0.19 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3253, 6.3158, 39.6440)
Luminance	0.0632 (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

#4C2CAC #8CAC2C

analogous

#2C4CAC #4C2CAC #8C2CAC

triadic

#4C2CAC #AC4C2C #2CAC4C

tetradic

#4C2CAC #AC2C4C #8CAC2C #2CAC8C

square

#4C2CAC #AC2C4C #8CAC2C #2CAC8C

split-complementary

#4C2CAC #AC8C2C #4CAC2C

monochromatic

#21134B #36207B #4C2CAC #6846D0 #9076DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.28

#4C2CAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#4C2CAC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CAC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CAC	1.00	9.28	2.26	9.28
#FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2cac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.190 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969c6',
    500: '#4c2cac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2cac;
$custom-light: #8969c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2cac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41906,
    "c": 0.18952,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CAC

secondary

#AFC470

accent

#E245BB

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CAC

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

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