#4C2885#4C2885

#4C2885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.147 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2885
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 133)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 69.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.00, 37.82, -46.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.00, 59.66, 309.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.0655 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.147 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.9718, 4.7474, 22.6821)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2885 #618528

analogous

#283385 #4C2885 #7B2885

triadic

#4C2885 #854C28 #28854C

tetradic

#4C2885 #852833 #618528 #28857B

square

#4C2885 #852833 #618528 #28857B

split-complementary

#4C2885 #857B28 #338528

monochromatic

#160C27 #311A56 #4C2885 #6736B4 #875ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4C2885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4C2885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2885

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2885	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.147 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8365a9',
    500: '#4c2885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2885;
$custom-light: #8365a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.226,
    "s": 53.757,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37867,
    "c": 0.14717,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2885

secondary

#8FB356

accent

#DD4BA4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2885

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

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