#4C248B#4C248B

#4C248B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.159 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C248B
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 74.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 41.61, -50.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 65.28, 309.60°)
OKLab	oklab(37.85% 0.0685 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(37.85% 0.159 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.2703, 4.6621, 24.8852)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C248B #638B24

analogous

#24308B #4C248B #80248B

triadic

#4C248B #8B4C24 #248B4C

tetradic

#4C248B #8B2430 #638B24 #248B80

square

#4C248B #8B2430 #638B24 #248B80

split-complementary

#4C248B #8B8024 #308B24

monochromatic

#170B2A #31175A #4C248B #6731BC #8756D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4C248B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4C248B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C248B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C248B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C248B	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c248b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.159 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ae',
    500: '#4c248b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c248b;
$custom-light: #8463ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c248b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.301,
    "s": 58.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37845,
    "c": 0.15946,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C248B

secondary

#91B753

accent

#E246A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C248B

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

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