#4C2CAE#4C2CAE

#4C2CAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.1% C 0.192 H 286.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CAE
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 47.51, -64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 79.75, 306.56°)
OKLab	oklab(42.1% 0.0532 -0.1844)
OKLCH	oklch(42.1% 0.192 286.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.5189, 6.3932, 40.6632)
Luminance	0.0639 (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

#4C2CAE #8EAE2C

analogous

#2C4DAE #4C2CAE #8D2CAE

triadic

#4C2CAE #AE4C2C #2CAE4C

tetradic

#4C2CAE #AE2C4D #8EAE2C #2CAE8D

square

#4C2CAE #AE2C4D #8EAE2C #2CAE8D

split-complementary

#4C2CAE #AE8D2C #4DAE2C

monochromatic

#21134C #37207D #4C2CAE #6947D0 #9178DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4C2CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4C2CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CAE

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CAE	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.1% 0.192 286.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969c7',
    500: '#4c2cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2cae;
$custom-light: #8969c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.769,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42095,
    "c": 0.19188,
    "h": 286.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CAE

secondary

#B0C571

accent

#E345BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CAE

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

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