#4C2E95#4C2E95

#4C2E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.159 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2E95
RGB	rgb(76, 46, 149)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.54, 39.09, -51.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.54, 65.00, 306.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.0566 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.159 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3808, 5.6601, 29.0262)
Luminance	0.0566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2E95 #77952E

analogous

#2E4395 #4C2E95 #7F2E95

triadic

#4C2E95 #954C2E #2E954C

tetradic

#4C2E95 #952E43 #77952E #2E957F

square

#4C2E95 #952E43 #77952E #2E957F

split-complementary

#4C2E95 #957F2E #43952E

monochromatic

#1C1137 #342066 #4C2E95 #643DC3 #896CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.85

#4C2E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4C2E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2E95

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2E95	1.00	9.85	2.13	9.85
#FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 46, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.159 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569b5',
    500: '#4c2e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2e95;
$custom-light: #8569b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.476,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40098,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0566
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2E95

secondary

#A1B966

accent

#DC4CB2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2E95

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

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