#4C2387#4C2387

#4C2387 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.156 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2387
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 74.1%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 41.02, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 63.64, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.36% 0.0704 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(37.36% 0.156 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.9536, 4.4877, 23.3641)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2387 #5E8723

analogous

#232C87 #4C2387 #7E2387

triadic

#4C2387 #874C23 #23874C

tetradic

#4C2387 #87232C #5E8723 #23877E

square

#4C2387 #87232C #5E8723 #23877E

split-complementary

#4C2387 #877E23 #2C8723

monochromatic

#150A26 #311656 #4C2387 #6730B8 #8752D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#4C2387 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4C2387 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2387

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2387	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2387	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2387;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.156 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ab',
    500: '#4c2387',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2387;
$custom-light: #8462ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2387",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.6,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37364,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2387

secondary

#8CB650

accent

#E246A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2387

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

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