#4C288E#4C288E

#4C288E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.158 H 293.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C288E
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 40.36, -50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 64.66, 308.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0639 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.158 293.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6204, 5.0068, 26.0982)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C288E #6A8E28

analogous

#28378E #4C288E #7F288E

triadic

#4C288E #8E4C28 #288E4C

tetradic

#4C288E #8E2837 #6A8E28 #288E7F

square

#4C288E #8E2837 #6A8E28 #288E7F

split-complementary

#4C288E #8E7F28 #378E28

monochromatic

#190D2F #321B5E #4C288E #6635BE #875FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4C288E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4C288E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C288E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C288E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C288E	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c288e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.158 293.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8465b0',
    500: '#4c288e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c288e;
$custom-light: #8465b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c288e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 56.044,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38639,
    "c": 0.15815,
    "h": 293.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C288E

secondary

#97B75B

accent

#DF48AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C288E

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

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