#4C2EAA#4C2EAA

#4C2EAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.185 H 286.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2EAA
RGB	rgb(76, 46, 170)
HSL	hsl(255, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(255, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 72.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.38, 45.29, -61.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.38, 76.51, 306.30°)
OKLab	oklab(41.98% 0.0525 -0.1774)
OKLCH	oklch(41.98% 0.185 286.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2110, 6.3922, 38.6655)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.59

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2EAA #8CAA2E

analogous

#2E4EAA #4C2EAA #8A2EAA

triadic

#4C2EAA #AA4C2E #2EAA4C

tetradic

#4C2EAA #AA2E4E #8CAA2E #2EAA8A

square

#4C2EAA #AA2E4E #8CAA2E #2EAA8A

split-complementary

#4C2EAA #AA8A2E #4EAA2E

monochromatic

#21144A #36217A #4C2EAA #6848CD #9078DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#4C2EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4C2EAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2EAA

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2EAA	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 46, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.185 286.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886ac4',
    500: '#4c2eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2eaa;
$custom-light: #886ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.516,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4198,
    "c": 0.18499,
    "h": 286.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2EAA

secondary

#AFC371

accent

#E147BC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2EAA

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

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