#4C2383#4C2383

#4C2383 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.151 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2383
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 73%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 73.3%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 39.92, -46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 61.45, 310.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0712 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.151 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6772, 4.3771, 21.9087)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2383 #5A8323

analogous

#232A83 #4C2383 #7C2383

triadic

#4C2383 #834C23 #23834C

tetradic

#4C2383 #83232A #5A8323 #23837C

square

#4C2383 #83232A #5A8323 #23837C

split-complementary

#4C2383 #837C23 #2A8323

monochromatic

#140922 #301653 #4C2383 #6830B3 #8750D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4C2383 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4C2383 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2383

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2383	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2383	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2383;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.151 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362a8',
    500: '#4c2383',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2383;
$custom-light: #8362a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2383",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.625,
    "s": 57.831,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37016,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2383

secondary

#88B44E

accent

#E1479F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2383

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

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