#4C287D#4C287D

#4C287D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.137 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C287D
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 68%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 68%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 35.59, -42.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 55.16, 310.18°)
OKLab	oklab(37.21% 0.0666 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(37.21% 0.137 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.4400, 4.5347, 19.8814)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C287D #597D28

analogous

#282E7D #4C287D #77287D

triadic

#4C287D #7D4C28 #287D4C

tetradic

#4C287D #7D282E #597D28 #287D77

square

#4C287D #7D282E #597D28 #287D77

split-complementary

#4C287D #7D7728 #2E7D28

monochromatic

#140A20 #30194F #4C287D #6837AB #8756C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#4C287D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4C287D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C287D

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C287D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C287D	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c287d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.137 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264a3',
    500: '#4c287d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c287d;
$custom-light: #8264a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c287d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.412,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3721,
    "c": 0.13728,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.04535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C287D

secondary

#87AE53

accent

#DB4D9F

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B060F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C287D

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

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