#4C2897#4C2897

#4C2897 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.169 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2897
RGB	rgb(76, 40, 151)
HSL	hsl(259, 58%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(259, 74%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 73.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.54, 42.92, -54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.54, 69.60, 308.08°)
OKLab	oklab(39.44% 0.062 -0.1572)
OKLCH	oklch(39.44% 0.169 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3236, 5.2881, 29.8016)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2897 #739728

analogous

#283C97 #4C2897 #832897

triadic

#4C2897 #974C28 #28974C

tetradic

#4C2897 #97283C #739728 #289783

square

#4C2897 #97283C #739728 #289783

split-complementary

#4C2897 #978328 #3C9728

monochromatic

#1B0E36 #341B67 #4C2897 #6435C7 #8964D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#4C2897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4C2897 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2897

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2897	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34455D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 40, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.169 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b7',
    500: '#4c2897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2897;
$custom-light: #8665b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.459,
    "s": 58.115,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3944,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2897

secondary

#9EBC5F

accent

#E146AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2897

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

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