#4C2E97#4C2E97

#4C2E97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.162 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2E97
RGB	rgb(76, 46, 151)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 69.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 39.68, -52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 66.11, 306.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.27% 0.0562 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(40.27% 0.162 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.5418, 5.7245, 29.8743)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2E97 #79972E

analogous

#2E4497 #4C2E97 #802E97

triadic

#4C2E97 #974C2E #2E974C

tetradic

#4C2E97 #972E44 #79972E #2E9780

square

#4C2E97 #972E44 #79972E #2E9780

split-complementary

#4C2E97 #97802E #44972E

monochromatic

#1D1139 #342068 #4C2E97 #643EC4 #8A6DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#4C2E97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4C2E97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2E97

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2E97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2E97	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004195

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2e97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 46, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.162 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569b6',
    500: '#4c2e97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2e97;
$custom-light: #8569b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2e97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.143,
    "s": 53.299,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40271,
    "c": 0.16171,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2E97

secondary

#A2BA67

accent

#DD4BB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2E97

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

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