#4C2F95#4C2F95

#4C2F95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.158 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2F95
RGB	rgb(76, 47, 149)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 68.5%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.74, 38.53, -51.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.74, 64.39, 306.75°)
OKLab	oklab(40.25% 0.0555 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(40.25% 0.158 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.4203, 5.7391, 29.0393)
Luminance	0.0574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2F95 #78952F

analogous

#2F4595 #4C2F95 #7F2F95

triadic

#4C2F95 #954C2F #2F954C

tetradic

#4C2F95 #952F45 #78952F #2F957F

square

#4C2F95 #952F45 #78952F #2F957F

split-complementary

#4C2F95 #957F2F #45952F

monochromatic

#1D1238 #342066 #4C2F95 #643FC2 #8A6DD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78

#4C2F95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4C2F95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2F95

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2F95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2F95	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004193

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34485E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2f95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 47, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.158 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ab5',
    500: '#4c2f95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2f95;
$custom-light: #856ab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2f95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.059,
    "s": 52.041,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40246,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2F95

secondary

#A1B867

accent

#DB4CB3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2F95

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

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