#4C2E9A#4C2E9A

#4C2E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.165 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2E9A
RGB	rgb(76, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(257, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.96, 40.57, -54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.96, 67.78, 306.76°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.0557 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.165 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.7885, 5.8232, 31.1738)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2E9A #7C9A2E

analogous

#2E469A #4C2E9A #822E9A

triadic

#4C2E9A #9A4C2E #2E9A4C

tetradic

#4C2E9A #9A2E46 #7C9A2E #2E9A82

square

#4C2E9A #9A2E46 #7C9A2E #2E9A82

split-complementary

#4C2E9A #9A822E #469A2E

monochromatic

#1D123C #35206B #4C2E9A #653FC6 #8B6FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#4C2E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4C2E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2E9A

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2E9A	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.165 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8669b9',
    500: '#4c2e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2e9a;
$custom-light: #8669b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.667,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40533,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2E9A

secondary

#A4BB69

accent

#DD4AB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2E9A

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

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