#4C2DAE#4C2DAE

#4C2DAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.2% C 0.191 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2DAE
RGB	rgb(76, 45, 174)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.57, 46.99, -63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.57, 79.20, 306.39°)
OKLab	oklab(42.22% 0.0524 -0.1835)
OKLCH	oklch(42.22% 0.191 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.5566, 6.4686, 40.6758)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.33

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2DAE #8FAE2D

analogous

#2D4EAE #4C2DAE #8D2DAE

triadic

#4C2DAE #AE4C2D #2DAE4C

tetradic

#4C2DAE #AE2D4E #8FAE2D #2DAE8D

square

#4C2DAE #AE2D4E #8FAE2D #2DAE8D

split-complementary

#4C2DAE #AE8D2D #4EAE2D

monochromatic

#22144D #37207D #4C2DAE #6948D0 #9179DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.16

#4C2DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4C2DAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2DAE

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2DAE	1.00	9.16	2.29	9.16
#FFFFFF	9.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.16	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: #4c2dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 45, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.2% 0.191 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8969c7',
    500: '#4c2dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2dae;
$custom-light: #8969c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.419,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42223,
    "c": 0.19084,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2DAE

secondary

#B1C472

accent

#E246BD

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2DAE

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

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