#4C2985#4C2985

#4C2985 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.146 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2985
RGB	rgb(76, 41, 133)
HSL	hsl(263, 53%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(263, 69%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 69.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.20, 37.27, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.20, 59.06, 309.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.01% 0.0644 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(38.01% 0.146 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0060, 4.8157, 22.6935)
Luminance	0.0482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2985 #628529

analogous

#293485 #4C2985 #7A2985

triadic

#4C2985 #854C29 #29854C

tetradic

#4C2985 #852934 #628529 #29857A

square

#4C2985 #852934 #628529 #29857A

split-complementary

#4C2985 #857A29 #348529

monochromatic

#170C27 #311B56 #4C2985 #6737B4 #875CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4C2985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4C2985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2985

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2985	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3F53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 41, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.146 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8365a9',
    500: '#4c2985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2985;
$custom-light: #8365a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.826,
    "s": 52.874,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38011,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2985

secondary

#90B258

accent

#DC4CA5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2985

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

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