#4C2CB1#4C2CB1

#4C2CB1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.195 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2CB1
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 177)
HSL	hsl(254, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 75.1%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.67, 48.38, -65.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.67, 81.33, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(42.38% 0.0524 -0.1882)
OKLCH	oklch(42.38% 0.195 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8146, 6.5115, 42.2207)
Luminance	0.0651 (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

#4C2CB1 #91B12C

analogous

#2C4EB1 #4C2CB1 #8E2CB1

triadic

#4C2CB1 #B14C2C #2CB14C

tetradic

#4C2CB1 #B12C4E #91B12C #2CB18E

square

#4C2CB1 #B12C4E #91B12C #2CB18E

split-complementary

#4C2CB1 #B18E2C #4EB12C

monochromatic

#22144F #372080 #4C2CB1 #6A49D2 #927ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.12

#4C2CB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#4C2CB1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2CB1

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2CB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2CB1	1.00	9.12	2.30	9.12
#FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A516C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2cb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.195 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969c9',
    500: '#4c2cb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2cb1;
$custom-light: #8969c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2cb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.436,
    "s": 60.181,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42382,
    "c": 0.19541,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2CB1

secondary

#B2C673

accent

#E344BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2CB1

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

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