#4C2CAF#4C2CAF

#4C2CAF is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.193 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CAF
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 175)
HSL	hsl(255, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(255, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 74.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.48, 47.80, -64.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.48, 80.28, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(42.19% 0.0529 -0.1857)
OKLCH	oklch(42.19% 0.193 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.6167, 6.4323, 41.1786)
Luminance	0.0643 (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

#4C2CAF #8FAF2C

analogous

#2C4EAF #4C2CAF #8D2CAF

triadic

#4C2CAF #AF4C2C #2CAF4C

tetradic

#4C2CAF #AF2C4E #8FAF2C #2CAF8D

square

#4C2CAF #AF2C4E #8FAF2C #2CAF8D

split-complementary

#4C2CAF #AF8D2C #4EAF2C

monochromatic

#22134D #37207E #4C2CAF #6947D1 #9178DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#4C2CAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4C2CAF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CAF

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CAF	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D506B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2caf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.193 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969c8',
    500: '#4c2caf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2caf;
$custom-light: #8969c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2caf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.656,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4219,
    "c": 0.19306,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CAF

secondary

#B1C572

accent

#E345BC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CAF

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

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