#4C2887#4C2887

#4C2887 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.150 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2887
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 135)
HSL	hsl(263, 54%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 70%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 70.4%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.17, 38.38, -47.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.17, 60.78, 309.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.04% 0.0652 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(38.04% 0.15 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.1113, 4.8032, 23.4167)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.45

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2887 #638728

analogous

#283387 #4C2887 #7C2887

triadic

#4C2887 #874C28 #28874C

tetradic

#4C2887 #872833 #638728 #28877C

square

#4C2887 #872833 #638728 #28877C

split-complementary

#4C2887 #877C28 #338728

monochromatic

#170C29 #311A58 #4C2887 #6736B6 #875BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.71

#4C2887 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4C2887 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2887

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2887	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2887	1.00	10.71	1.96	10.71
#FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2887;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.150 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8365ab',
    500: '#4c2887',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2887;
$custom-light: #8365ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2887",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.737,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38036,
    "c": 0.14962,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2887

secondary

#91B457

accent

#DE4AA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2887

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

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