#4C2389#4C2389

#4C2389 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.158 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2389
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 74.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 41.56, -49.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 64.74, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.54% 0.0699 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(37.54% 0.158 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0957, 4.5445, 24.1127)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2389 #608923

analogous

#232D89 #4C2389 #7F2389

triadic

#4C2389 #894C23 #23894C

tetradic

#4C2389 #89232D #608923 #23897F

square

#4C2389 #89232D #608923 #23897F

split-complementary

#4C2389 #897F23 #2D8923

monochromatic

#160A28 #311758 #4C2389 #672FBA #8753D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#4C2389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4C2389 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2389

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2389	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.158 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ac',
    500: '#4c2389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2389;
$custom-light: #8462ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.118,
    "s": 59.302,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37541,
    "c": 0.1583,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2389

secondary

#8EB751

accent

#E245A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2389

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

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