#4C258E#4C258E

#4C258E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.162 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C258E
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 41.93, -51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 66.36, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0669 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.162 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5232, 4.8124, 26.0658)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C258E #678E25

analogous

#25328E #4C258E #81258E

triadic

#4C258E #8E4C25 #258E4C

tetradic

#4C258E #8E2532 #678E25 #258E81

square

#4C258E #8E2532 #678E25 #258E81

split-complementary

#4C258E #8E8125 #328E25

monochromatic

#180C2D #32185D #4C258E #6632BF #875AD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4C258E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4C258E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C258E

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C258E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C258E	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c258e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.162 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b0',
    500: '#4c258e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c258e;
$custom-light: #8563b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c258e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 58.659,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38241,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C258E

secondary

#94B956

accent

#E246A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C258E

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

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