#4C2397#4C2397

#4C2397 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.175 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2397
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 62%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 76.8%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.66, 45.42, -56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.66, 72.29, 308.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.82% 0.0664 -0.1614)
OKLCH	oklch(38.82% 0.175 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1659, 4.9726, 29.7490)
Luminance	0.0497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2397 #6E9723

analogous

#233497 #4C2397 #862397

triadic

#4C2397 #974C23 #23974C

tetradic

#4C2397 #972334 #6E9723 #239786

square

#4C2397 #972334 #6E9723 #239786

split-complementary

#4C2397 #978623 #349723

monochromatic

#1A0C34 #331765 #4C2397 #652FC9 #885BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.53

#4C2397 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4C2397 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2397

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2397	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2397	1.00	10.53	1.99	10.53
#FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2397;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.175 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b7',
    500: '#4c2397',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2397;
$custom-light: #8663b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2397",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.207,
    "s": 62.366,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38817,
    "c": 0.17452,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2397

secondary

#9ABE58

accent

#E542AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2397

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

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