#4C2497#4C2497

#4C2497 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.173 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2497
RGB	rgb(76, 36, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 76%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 76.2%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.83, 44.94, -55.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.83, 71.77, 308.77°)
OKLab	oklab(38.94% 0.0656 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(38.94% 0.173 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.1957, 5.0323, 29.7590)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2497 #6F9724

analogous

#243597 #4C2497 #862497

triadic

#4C2497 #974C24 #24974C

tetradic

#4C2497 #972435 #6F9724 #249786

square

#4C2497 #972435 #6F9724 #249786

split-complementary

#4C2497 #978624 #359724

monochromatic

#1A0C34 #331866 #4C2497 #6530C8 #885DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4C2497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4C2497 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2497

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2497	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 36, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.173 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8663b7',
    500: '#4c2497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2497;
$custom-light: #8663b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.87,
    "s": 61.497,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38937,
    "c": 0.17345,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2497

secondary

#9BBD5A

accent

#E543AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2497

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

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