#4C2589#4C2589

#4C2589 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.156 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2589
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 137)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 73%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.76, 40.54, -49.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.76, 63.62, 309.58°)
OKLab	oklab(37.8% 0.0679 -0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(37.8% 0.156 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1562, 4.6656, 24.1329)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2589 #628925

analogous

#253089 #4C2589 #7E2589

triadic

#4C2589 #894C25 #25894C

tetradic

#4C2589 #892530 #628925 #25897E

square

#4C2589 #892530 #628925 #25897E

split-complementary

#4C2589 #897E25 #308925

monochromatic

#170B29 #311859 #4C2589 #6732B9 #8757D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#4C2589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4C2589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2589

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2589	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.156 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ac',
    500: '#4c2589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2589;
$custom-light: #8463ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.4,
    "s": 57.471,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37799,
    "c": 0.15587,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2589

secondary

#90B654

accent

#E147A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2589

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

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