#4C268D#4C268D

#4C268D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.159 H 294.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C268D
RGB	rgb(76, 38, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 58%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 73%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.29, 41.13, -50.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.29, 65.26, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% 0.0661 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.159 294.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4800, 4.8456, 25.6826)
Luminance	0.0485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.65

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C268D #678D26

analogous

#26338D #4C268D #80268D

triadic

#4C268D #8D4C26 #268D4C

tetradic

#4C268D #8D2633 #678D26 #268D80

square

#4C268D #8D2633 #678D26 #268D80

split-complementary

#4C268D #8D8026 #338D26

monochromatic

#180C2D #32195D #4C268D #6633BD #875BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.66

#4C268D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4C268D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C268D

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C268D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C268D	1.00	10.66	1.97	10.66
#FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4057

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c268d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 38, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.159 294.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464af',
    500: '#4c268d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c268d;
$custom-light: #8464af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c268d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38282,
    "c": 0.15941,
    "h": 294.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C268D

secondary

#94B857

accent

#E147A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C268D

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

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