#4C2889#4C2889

#4C2889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.152 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2889
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 137)
HSL	hsl(262, 55%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 71%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 38.95, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 61.89, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(38.21% 0.0648 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(38.21% 0.152 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2534, 4.8600, 24.1653)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.62

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2889 #658928

analogous

#283589 #4C2889 #7D2889

triadic

#4C2889 #894C28 #28894C

tetradic

#4C2889 #892835 #658928 #28897D

square

#4C2889 #892835 #658928 #28897D

split-complementary

#4C2889 #897D28 #358928

monochromatic

#170C2A #321A5A #4C2889 #6636B8 #875CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#4C2889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4C2889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2889

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2889	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.152 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465ac',
    500: '#4c2889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2889;
$custom-light: #8465ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.268,
    "s": 54.802,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38206,
    "c": 0.15207,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2889

secondary

#92B558

accent

#DE4AA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2889

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

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