#4C2F97#4C2F97

#4C2F97 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.160 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2F97
RGB	rgb(76, 47, 151)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 68.9%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.91, 39.12, -52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.91, 65.51, 306.67°)
OKLab	oklab(40.42% 0.0552 -0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(40.42% 0.16 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.5813, 5.8035, 29.8875)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2F97 #7A972F

analogous

#2F4697 #4C2F97 #802F97

triadic

#4C2F97 #974C2F #2F974C

tetradic

#4C2F97 #972F46 #7A972F #2F9780

square

#4C2F97 #972F46 #7A972F #2F9780

split-complementary

#4C2F97 #97802F #46972F

monochromatic

#1D123A #352068 #4C2F97 #6440C3 #8A6ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4C2F97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4C2F97 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2F97

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2F97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2F97	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004295

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33495F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2f97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 47, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.160 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ab6',
    500: '#4c2f97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2f97;
$custom-light: #856ab6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2f97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.731,
    "s": 52.525,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40418,
    "c": 0.16044,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2F97

secondary

#A3B968

accent

#DC4CB4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2F97

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

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