#4C2EA3#4C2EA3

#4C2EA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.177 H 287.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2EA3
RGB	rgb(76, 46, 163)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.75, 43.22, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.75, 72.72, 306.47°)
OKLab	oklab(41.34% 0.054 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(41.34% 0.177 287.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5664, 6.1343, 35.2705)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2EA3 #85A32E

analogous

#2E4AA3 #4C2EA3 #862EA3

triadic

#4C2EA3 #A34C2E #2EA34C

tetradic

#4C2EA3 #A32E4A #85A32E #2EA386

square

#4C2EA3 #A32E4A #85A32E #2EA386

split-complementary

#4C2EA3 #A3862E #4AA32E

monochromatic

#1F1344 #362173 #4C2EA3 #6644CA #8D74D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#4C2EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4C2EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2EA3

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2EA3	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 46, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.177 287.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769bf',
    500: '#4c2ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ea3;
$custom-light: #8769bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.385,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41337,
    "c": 0.17651,
    "h": 287.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2EA3

secondary

#AABF6D

accent

#DF49B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2EA3

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

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