#4C2487#4C2487

#4C2487 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.155 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2487
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 135)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 73%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 40.50, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 63.09, 309.94°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.0694 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.155 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.9834, 4.5474, 23.3741)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2487 #5F8724

analogous

#242D87 #4C2487 #7D2487

triadic

#4C2487 #874C24 #24874C

tetradic

#4C2487 #87242D #5F8724 #24877D

square

#4C2487 #87242D #5F8724 #24877D

split-complementary

#4C2487 #877D24 #2D8724

monochromatic

#160A26 #311757 #4C2487 #6731B7 #8754D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#4C2487 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4C2487 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2487

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2487	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2487	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2487;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.155 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ab',
    500: '#4c2487',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2487;
$custom-light: #8462ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2487",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.242,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37493,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2487

secondary

#8DB551

accent

#E147A3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2487

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

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