#4C2391#4C2391

#4C2391 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.168 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2391
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 76%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 75.9%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 43.77, -53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 69.07, 309.32°)
OKLab	oklab(38.26% 0.068 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(38.26% 0.168 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6910, 4.7826, 27.2478)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2391 #689123

analogous

#233191 #4C2391 #832391

triadic

#4C2391 #914C23 #23914C

tetradic

#4C2391 #912331 #689123 #239183

square

#4C2391 #912331 #689123 #239183

split-complementary

#4C2391 #918323 #319123

monochromatic

#180B2E #321760 #4C2391 #662FC2 #8758D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4C2391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4C2391 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2391

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2391	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374058

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.168 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b2',
    500: '#4c2391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2391;
$custom-light: #8562b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.364,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38262,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2391

secondary

#95BB55

accent

#E444A8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2391

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

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