#4C2D9C#4C2D9C

#4C2D9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.169 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2D9C
RGB	rgb(76, 45, 156)
HSL	hsl(257, 55%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 71.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, 41.71, -55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 69.47, 306.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.57% 0.0563 -0.1595)
OKLCH	oklch(40.57% 0.169 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9179, 5.8131, 32.0455)
Luminance	0.0581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2D9C #7D9C2D

analogous

#2D459C #4C2D9C #842D9C

triadic

#4C2D9C #9C4C2D #2D9C4C

tetradic

#4C2D9C #9C2D45 #7D9C2D #2D9C84

square

#4C2D9C #9C2D45 #7D9C2D #2D9C84

split-complementary

#4C2D9C #9C842D #459C2D

monochromatic

#1E123D #351F6D #4C2D9C #653FC8 #8B6ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#4C2D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4C2D9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2D9C

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2D9C	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 45, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.169 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669ba',
    500: '#4c2d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2d9c;
$custom-light: #8669ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.757,
    "s": 55.224,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40568,
    "c": 0.16913,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2D9C

secondary

#A5BC68

accent

#DF49B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2D9C

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

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