#4C2B85#4C2B85

#4C2B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.143 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2B85
RGB	rgb(76, 43, 133)
HSL	hsl(262, 51%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 68%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 67.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.61, 36.14, -45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.61, 57.84, 308.68°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0621 -0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.143 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0769, 4.9575, 22.7171)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.94

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2B85 #64852B

analogous

#2B3785 #4C2B85 #792B85

triadic

#4C2B85 #854C2B #2B854C

tetradic

#4C2B85 #852B37 #64852B #2B8579

square

#4C2B85 #852B37 #64852B #2B8579

split-complementary

#4C2B85 #85792B #37852B

monochromatic

#170D29 #321C57 #4C2B85 #663AB3 #875FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#4C2B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4C2B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2B85

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2B85	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4054

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 43, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.143 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8366a9',
    500: '#4c2b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2b85;
$custom-light: #8366a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262,
    "s": 51.136,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38306,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2B85

secondary

#91B15B

accent

#DB4DA7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2B85

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

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