#4C2485#4C2485

#4C2485 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.152 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2485
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 57%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 73%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 72.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 39.95, -47.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 61.99, 310.13°)
OKLab	oklab(37.32% 0.0698 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(37.32% 0.152 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8439, 4.4916, 22.6394)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2485 #5D8524

analogous

#242D85 #4C2485 #7C2485

triadic

#4C2485 #854C24 #24854C

tetradic

#4C2485 #85242D #5D8524 #24857C

square

#4C2485 #85242D #5D8524 #24857C

split-complementary

#4C2485 #857C24 #2D8524

monochromatic

#150A25 #301755 #4C2485 #6831B5 #8753D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4C2485 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4C2485 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2485

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2485	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2485	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3C52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2485;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.152 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462a9',
    500: '#4c2485',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2485;
$custom-light: #8462a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2485",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.742,
    "s": 57.396,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37319,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2485

secondary

#8BB450

accent

#E147A1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2485

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

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