#4C2597#4C2597

#4C2597 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.172 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2597
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 151)
HSL	hsl(261, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 75.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 44.45, -55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 71.24, 308.60°)
OKLab	oklab(39.06% 0.0647 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(39.06% 0.172 292)
XYZ	xyz(9.2264, 5.0937, 29.7692)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2597 #709725

analogous

#253797 #4C2597 #852597

triadic

#4C2597 #974C25 #25974C

tetradic

#4C2597 #972537 #709725 #259785

square

#4C2597 #972537 #709725 #259785

split-complementary

#4C2597 #978525 #379725

monochromatic

#1B0D35 #331966 #4C2597 #6531C8 #885FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#4C2597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4C2597 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2597

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2597	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34445C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.172 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b7',
    500: '#4c2597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2597;
$custom-light: #8664b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 60.638,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39059,
    "c": 0.17236,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.05094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2597

secondary

#9BBD5B

accent

#E444AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2597

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

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