#4C2492#4C2492

#4C2492 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.168 H 293.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2492
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 146)
HSL	hsl(262, 60%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 75%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 42.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 43.55, -53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 69.08, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0669 -0.1537)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.168 293.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7982, 4.8733, 27.6656)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2492 #6A9224

analogous

#243392 #4C2492 #832492

triadic

#4C2492 #924C24 #24924C

tetradic

#4C2492 #922433 #6A9224 #249283

square

#4C2492 #922433 #6A9224 #249283

split-complementary

#4C2492 #928324 #339224

monochromatic

#190C30 #321861 #4C2492 #6630C3 #875AD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#4C2492 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4C2492 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2492

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2492	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2492	1.00	10.63	1.97	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2492;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.168 293.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b3',
    500: '#4c2492',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2492;
$custom-light: #8563b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2492",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.818,
    "s": 60.44,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38476,
    "c": 0.16765,
    "h": 293.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2492

secondary

#97BB57

accent

#E444AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2492

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

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