#4C2788#4C2788

#4C2788 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.152 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2788
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 136)
HSL	hsl(263, 55%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 71%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 71.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.05, 39.20, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.05, 61.92, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(37.98% 0.0661 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(37.98% 0.152 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1488, 4.7649, 23.7782)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.34

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2788 #638827

analogous

#273288 #4C2788 #7D2788

triadic

#4C2788 #884C27 #27884C

tetradic

#4C2788 #882732 #638827 #27887D

square

#4C2788 #882732 #638827 #27887D

split-complementary

#4C2788 #887D27 #328827

monochromatic

#170C29 #311958 #4C2788 #6735B8 #875AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4C2788 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4C2788 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2788

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2788	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2788	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2788;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.152 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464ab',
    500: '#4c2788',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2788;
$custom-light: #8464ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2788",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.887,
    "s": 55.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37982,
    "c": 0.15214,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2788

secondary

#91B556

accent

#DF49A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2788

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

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