#4C2EA4#4C2EA4

#4C2EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.178 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2EA4
RGB	rgb(76, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.84, 43.52, -58.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.84, 73.26, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.0538 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.178 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6563, 6.1703, 35.7442)
Luminance	0.0617 (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

#4C2EA4 #86A42E

analogous

#2E4BA4 #4C2EA4 #872EA4

triadic

#4C2EA4 #A44C2E #2EA44C

tetradic

#4C2EA4 #A42E4B #86A42E #2EA487

square

#4C2EA4 #A42E4B #86A42E #2EA487

split-complementary

#4C2EA4 #A4872E #4BA42E

monochromatic

#201344 #362174 #4C2EA4 #6745CB #8E74D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#4C2EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4C2EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2EA4

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2EA4	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.178 287.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8769c0',
    500: '#4c2ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ea4;
$custom-light: #8769c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.254,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41428,
    "c": 0.17773,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2EA4

secondary

#ABC06E

accent

#DF48B9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2EA4

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

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