#4C26A5#4C26A5

#4C26A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.188 H 288.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C26A5
RGB	rgb(76, 38, 165)
HSL	hsl(258, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 77%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, 47.90, -61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 78.16, 307.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0601 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.188 288.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4631, 5.6388, 36.1271)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.94

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C26A5 #7FA526

analogous

#263FA5 #4C26A5 #8C26A5

triadic

#4C26A5 #A54C26 #26A54C

tetradic

#4C26A5 #A5263F #7FA526 #26A58C

square

#4C26A5 #A5263F #7FA526 #26A58C

split-complementary

#4C26A5 #A58C26 #3FA526

monochromatic

#1E0F42 #351B73 #4C26A5 #6537D1 #8C69DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#4C26A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4C26A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C26A5

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C26A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C26A5	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294A64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c26a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 38, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.188 288.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865c1',
    500: '#4c26a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c26a5;
$custom-light: #8865c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c26a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.953,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.405,
    "c": 0.18752,
    "h": 288.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C26A5

secondary

#A6C364

accent

#E642B5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C26A5

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

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