#4C2EA5#4C2EA5

#4C2EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.179 H 287.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2EA5
RGB	rgb(76, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(255, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(255, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.93, 43.81, -59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.93, 73.81, 306.42°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.0536 -0.1707)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.179 287.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.7470, 6.2066, 36.2217)
Luminance	0.0621 (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

#4C2EA5 #87A52E

analogous

#2E4CA5 #4C2EA5 #882EA5

triadic

#4C2EA5 #A54C2E #2EA54C

tetradic

#4C2EA5 #A52E4C #87A52E #2EA588

square

#4C2EA5 #A52E4C #87A52E #2EA588

split-complementary

#4C2EA5 #A5882E #4CA52E

monochromatic

#201345 #362175 #4C2EA5 #6745CB #8E75D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4C2EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4C2EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2EA5

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2EA5	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.179 287.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876ac1',
    500: '#4c2ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2ea5;
$custom-light: #876ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.126,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41519,
    "c": 0.17894,
    "h": 287.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2EA5

secondary

#ACC06F

accent

#E048B9

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2EA5

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

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