#4C2491#4C2491

#4C2491 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.166 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2491
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.28, 43.27, -53.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.28, 68.54, 309.15°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.0671 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.166 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.7208, 4.8423, 27.2577)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2491 #699124

analogous

#243391 #4C2491 #822491

triadic

#4C2491 #914C24 #24914C

tetradic

#4C2491 #912433 #699124 #249182

square

#4C2491 #912433 #699124 #249182

split-complementary

#4C2491 #918224 #339124

monochromatic

#190C2F #321860 #4C2491 #6630C2 #8759D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#4C2491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4C2491 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2491

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2491	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.166 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b2',
    500: '#4c2491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2491;
$custom-light: #8563b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.018,
    "s": 60.221,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38385,
    "c": 0.16648,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2491

secondary

#96BA56

accent

#E344A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2491

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

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