#4C248C#4C248C

#4C248C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.161 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C248C
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 74.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 41.88, -50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 65.82, 309.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.93% 0.0683 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(37.93% 0.161 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3437, 4.6915, 25.2718)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.22

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C248C #648C24

analogous

#24308C #4C248C #80248C

triadic

#4C248C #8C4C24 #248C4C

tetradic

#4C248C #8C2430 #648C24 #248C80

square

#4C248C #8C2430 #648C24 #248C80

split-complementary

#4C248C #8C8024 #308C24

monochromatic

#170B2B #32175B #4C248C #6631BD #8757D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#4C248C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4C248C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C248C

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C248C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C248C	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c248c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.161 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ae',
    500: '#4c248c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c248c;
$custom-light: #8463ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c248c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37934,
    "c": 0.16063,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C248C

secondary

#91B854

accent

#E246A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C248C

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

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