#4C2891#4C2891

#4C2891 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.162 H 293.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2891
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 145)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.01, 41.21, -51.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.01, 66.32, 308.42°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% 0.0633 -0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.162 293)
XYZ	xyz(8.8487, 5.0981, 27.3004)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2891 #6D9128

analogous

#283991 #4C2891 #812891

triadic

#4C2891 #914C28 #28914C

tetradic

#4C2891 #912839 #6D9128 #289181

square

#4C2891 #912839 #6D9128 #289181

split-complementary

#4C2891 #918128 #399128

monochromatic

#1A0E31 #331B61 #4C2891 #6535C1 #8860D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#4C2891 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4C2891 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2891

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2891	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2891	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004194

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374359

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2891;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.162 293.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565b2',
    500: '#4c2891',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2891;
$custom-light: #8565b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2891",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.571,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38903,
    "c": 0.16177,
    "h": 293
  },
  "luminance": 0.05098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2891

secondary

#99B95C

accent

#E048AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2891

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

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