#4C2591#4C2591

#4C2591 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.165 H 293.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2591
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 145)
HSL	hsl(262, 59%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 74%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 74.5%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 42.77, -52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 68.00, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.0662 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.165 293.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.7515, 4.9037, 27.2680)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2591 #6A9125

analogous

#253491 #4C2591 #822591

triadic

#4C2591 #914C25 #25914C

tetradic

#4C2591 #912534 #6A9125 #259182

square

#4C2591 #912534 #6A9125 #259182

split-complementary

#4C2591 #918225 #349125

monochromatic

#190C2F #321960 #4C2591 #6631C2 #875BD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#4C2591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4C2591 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2591

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2591	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374159

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.165 293.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8563b2',
    500: '#4c2591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2591;
$custom-light: #8563b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 59.341,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3851,
    "c": 0.16534,
    "h": 293.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2591

secondary

#97BA58

accent

#E345AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2591

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

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