#4C259E#4C259E

#4C259E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.180 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C259E
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 62%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 77%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 76.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.65, 46.41, -58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.65, 74.98, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.71% 0.0629 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(39.71% 0.18 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8118, 5.3278, 32.8525)
Luminance	0.0533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C259E #779E25

analogous

#253A9E #4C259E #88259E

triadic

#4C259E #9E4C25 #259E4C

tetradic

#4C259E #9E253A #779E25 #259E88

square

#4C259E #9E253A #779E25 #259E88

split-complementary

#4C259E #9E8825 #3A9E25

monochromatic

#1C0E3B #34196C #4C259E #6431CF #8963DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4C259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4C259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C259E

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C259E	1.00	10.17	2.07	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.180 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8764bc',
    500: '#4c259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c259e;
$custom-light: #8764bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.339,
    "s": 62.051,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39714,
    "c": 0.18048,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C259E

secondary

#A1C05F

accent

#E543B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C259E

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

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