#4C2085#4C2085

#4C2085 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.157 H 298.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2085
RGB	rgb(76, 32, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 75.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 41.96, -48.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 64.17, 310.83°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.0738 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.157 298)
XYZ	xyz(7.7295, 4.2628, 22.6013)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2085 #598520

analogous

#202685 #4C2085 #7F2085

triadic

#4C2085 #854C20 #20854C

tetradic

#4C2085 #852026 #598520 #20857F

square

#4C2085 #852026 #598520 #20857F

split-complementary

#4C2085 #857F20 #268520

monochromatic

#140822 #301454 #4C2085 #682CB6 #874CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4C2085 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4C2085 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2085

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2085	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2085	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2085;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 32, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.157 298.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a9',
    500: '#4c2085',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2085;
$custom-light: #8460a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2085",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.139,
    "s": 61.212,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36815,
    "c": 0.15723,
    "h": 298
  },
  "luminance": 0.04263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2085

secondary

#87B74A

accent

#E4439E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2085

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

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