#4C2A85#4C2A85

#4C2A85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.144 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2A85
RGB	rgb(76, 42, 133)
HSL	hsl(262, 52%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(262, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 68.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.41, 36.71, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.41, 58.45, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.16% 0.0633 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(38.16% 0.144 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.0410, 4.8857, 22.7051)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.71

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2A85 #63852A

analogous

#2A3585 #4C2A85 #7A2A85

triadic

#4C2A85 #854C2A #2A854C

tetradic

#4C2A85 #852A35 #63852A #2A857A

square

#4C2A85 #852A35 #63852A #2A857A

split-complementary

#4C2A85 #857A2A #35852A

monochromatic

#170D28 #311B56 #4C2A85 #6739B4 #875DCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4C2A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4C2A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2A85

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2A85	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 42, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.144 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a9',
    500: '#4c2a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2a85;
$custom-light: #8366a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.418,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38157,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2A85

secondary

#91B259

accent

#DB4CA6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2A85

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

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