#4C2599#4C2599

#4C2599 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.175 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2599
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 153)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 76%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 75.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.18, 45.01, -56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.18, 72.31, 308.49°)
OKLab	oklab(39.24% 0.0642 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(39.24% 0.175 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.3902, 5.1592, 30.6319)
Luminance	0.0516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2599 #729925

analogous

#253899 #4C2599 #862599

triadic

#4C2599 #994C25 #25994C

tetradic

#4C2599 #992538 #729925 #259986

square

#4C2599 #992538 #729925 #259986

split-complementary

#4C2599 #998625 #389925

monochromatic

#1B0D36 #341968 #4C2599 #6431CA #8860D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.33

#4C2599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4C2599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2599

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2599	1.00	10.33	2.03	10.33
#FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32445D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.175 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8664b8',
    500: '#4c2599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2599;
$custom-light: #8664b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.172,
    "s": 61.053,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39244,
    "c": 0.17469,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2599

secondary

#9DBE5C

accent

#E444AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2599

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

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