#4C256C#4C256C

#4C256C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.121 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C256C
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 108)
HSL	hsl(273, 49%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 66%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 65.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 32.69, -34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 47.40, 313.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.45% 0.0718 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(35.45% 0.121 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3483, 3.9424, 14.6110)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C256C #456C25

analogous

#28256C #4C256C #6C2568

triadic

#4C256C #6C4C25 #256C4C

tetradic

#4C256C #6C2825 #456C25 #25686C

square

#4C256C #6C2825 #456C25 #25686C

split-complementary

#4C256C #686C25 #256C28

monochromatic

#100817 #2C153E #4C256C #6C359A #8C4AC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4C256C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4C256C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C256C

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C256C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C256C	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00376E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16386A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473345

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c256c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.121 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816297',
    500: '#4c256c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c256c;
$custom-light: #816297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c256c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.958,
    "s": 48.966,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35445,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C256C

secondary

#729F4E

accent

#D94F8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C256C

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

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