#4C2489#4C2489

#4C2489 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.157 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2489
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 58%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 74%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 73.7%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.58, 41.06, -49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.58, 64.18, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.67% 0.069 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(37.67% 0.157 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.1255, 4.6042, 24.1227)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2489 #618924

analogous

#242F89 #4C2489 #7F2489

triadic

#4C2489 #894C24 #24894C

tetradic

#4C2489 #89242F #618924 #24897F

square

#4C2489 #89242F #618924 #24897F

split-complementary

#4C2489 #897F24 #2F8924

monochromatic

#160B28 #311759 #4C2489 #6731B9 #8755D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4C2489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4C2489 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2489

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2489	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.157 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8462ac',
    500: '#4c2489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2489;
$custom-light: #8462ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.762,
    "s": 58.382,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37668,
    "c": 0.1571,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2489

secondary

#8FB752

accent

#E246A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2489

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

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