#4C258D#4C258D

#4C258D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.161 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C258D
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 74%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 73.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.11, 41.65, -50.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.11, 65.82, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(38.15% 0.0671 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(38.15% 0.161 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4485, 4.7825, 25.6721)
Luminance	0.0478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C258D #668D25

analogous

#25328D #4C258D #80258D

triadic

#4C258D #8D4C25 #258D4C

tetradic

#4C258D #8D2532 #668D25 #258D80

square

#4C258D #8D2532 #668D25 #258D80

split-complementary

#4C258D #8D8025 #328D25

monochromatic

#180C2C #32185D #4C258D #6632BD #8759D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#4C258D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4C258D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C258D

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C258D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C258D	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c258d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.161 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8463af',
    500: '#4c258d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c258d;
$custom-light: #8463af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c258d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 58.427,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38152,
    "c": 0.16062,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C258D

secondary

#93B856

accent

#E246A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C258D

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

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