#4C2398#4C2398

#4C2398 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.176 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2398
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 152)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 77%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 45.70, -56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 72.82, 308.87°)
OKLab	oklab(38.91% 0.0661 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(38.91% 0.176 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.2474, 5.0052, 30.1785)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2398 #6F9823

analogous

#233498 #4C2398 #872398

triadic

#4C2398 #984C23 #23984C

tetradic

#4C2398 #982334 #6F9823 #239887

square

#4C2398 #982334 #6F9823 #239887

split-complementary

#4C2398 #988723 #349823

monochromatic

#1A0C35 #331866 #4C2398 #652ECA #885CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4C2398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4C2398 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2398

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2398	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.176 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b7',
    500: '#4c2398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2398;
$custom-light: #8663b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.026,
    "s": 62.567,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38911,
    "c": 0.17567,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2398

secondary

#9BBE59

accent

#E642AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2398

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

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