#4C2385#4C2385

#4C2385 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.154 H 297.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2385
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 58%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 73.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 40.47, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 62.55, 310.32°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.0708 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.154 297.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.8141, 4.4319, 22.6295)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2385 #5C8523

analogous

#232B85 #4C2385 #7D2385

triadic

#4C2385 #854C23 #23854C

tetradic

#4C2385 #85232B #5C8523 #23857D

square

#4C2385 #85232B #5C8523 #23857D

split-complementary

#4C2385 #857D23 #2B8523

monochromatic

#150924 #301655 #4C2385 #6830B5 #8751D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4C2385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4C2385 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2385

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2385	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.154 297.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a9',
    500: '#4c2385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2385;
$custom-light: #8462a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.102,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37189,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 297.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2385

secondary

#8AB54F

accent

#E246A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2385

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

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