#4C2399#4C2399

#4C2399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.177 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2399
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 153)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 77.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.84, 45.98, -57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.84, 73.35, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(39.01% 0.0659 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(39.01% 0.177 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.3297, 5.0381, 30.6117)
Luminance	0.0504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2399 #709923

analogous

#233599 #4C2399 #872399

triadic

#4C2399 #994C23 #23994C

tetradic

#4C2399 #992335 #709923 #239987

square

#4C2399 #992335 #709923 #239987

split-complementary

#4C2399 #998723 #359923

monochromatic

#1B0C35 #331867 #4C2399 #652ECB #885DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.46

#4C2399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4C2399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2399

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2399	1.00	10.46	2.01	10.46
#FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.177 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b8',
    500: '#4c2399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2399;
$custom-light: #8663b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.847,
    "s": 62.766,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39005,
    "c": 0.17681,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2399

secondary

#9BBE59

accent

#E642AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2399

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

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