#4C2B71#4C2B71

#4C2B71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.117 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2B71
RGB	rgb(76, 43, 113)
HSL	hsl(268, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 61.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 30.55, -34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 46.38, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0636 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.117 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8243, 4.4565, 16.1202)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 7.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2B71 #50712B

analogous

#2B2D71 #4C2B71 #6F2B71

triadic

#4C2B71 #714C2B #2B714C

tetradic

#4C2B71 #712B2D #50712B #2B716F

square

#4C2B71 #712B2D #50712B #2B716F

split-complementary

#4C2B71 #716F2B #2D712B

monochromatic

#100918 #2E1A45 #4C2B71 #6A3C9D #8857BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#4C2B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4C2B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2B71

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2B71	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#093B73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193B6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 43, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.117 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81669a',
    500: '#4c2b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2b71;
$custom-light: #81669a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.286,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36756,
    "c": 0.11743,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2B71

secondary

#7EA355

accent

#D55398

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2B71

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

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