#4C2590#4C2590

#4C2590 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.164 H 293.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2590
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 144)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 74.3%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 42.49, -52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 67.45, 309.04°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0664 -0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.164 293.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.6747, 4.8730, 26.8637)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2590 #699025

analogous

#253490 #4C2590 #812590

triadic

#4C2590 #904C25 #25904C

tetradic

#4C2590 #902534 #699025 #259081

square

#4C2590 #902534 #699025 #259081

split-complementary

#4C2590 #908125 #349025

monochromatic

#190C2F #32185F #4C2590 #6632C1 #875BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#4C2590 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4C2590 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2590

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2590	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2590	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.164 293.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b1',
    500: '#4c2590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2590;
$custom-light: #8563b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.869,
    "s": 59.116,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3842,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 293.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2590

secondary

#96B957

accent

#E245A9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2590

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

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