#4C258B#4C258B

#4C258B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.158 H 295.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C258B
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 73.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.93, 41.10, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.93, 64.72, 309.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.97% 0.0675 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(37.97% 0.158 295.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.3010, 4.7235, 24.8955)
Luminance	0.0472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.28

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C258B #648B25

analogous

#25318B #4C258B #7F258B

triadic

#4C258B #8B4C25 #258B4C

tetradic

#4C258B #8B2531 #648B25 #258B7F

square

#4C258B #8B2531 #648B25 #258B7F

split-complementary

#4C258B #8B7F25 #318B25

monochromatic

#170B2A #32185B #4C258B #6632BB #8758D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.80

#4C258B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4C258B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C258B

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C258B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C258B	1.00	10.80	1.94	10.80
#FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c258b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.158 295.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463ae',
    500: '#4c258b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c258b;
$custom-light: #8463ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c258b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 57.955,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37974,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 295.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C258B

secondary

#91B755

accent

#E147A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C258B

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

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