#4C2B8A#4C2B8A

#4C2B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.149 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2B8A
RGB	rgb(76, 43, 138)
HSL	hsl(261, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 68.8%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.02, 37.58, -47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.02, 60.66, 308.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.72% 0.0614 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(38.72% 0.149 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.4306, 5.0990, 24.5798)
Luminance	0.0510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2B8A #698A2B

analogous

#2B398A #4C2B8A #7B2B8A

triadic

#4C2B8A #8A4C2B #2B8A4C

tetradic

#4C2B8A #8A2B39 #698A2B #2B8A7B

square

#4C2B8A #8A2B39 #698A2B #2B8A7B

split-complementary

#4C2B8A #8A7B2B #398A2B

monochromatic

#190E2D #321C5B #4C2B8A #663AB9 #8761CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#4C2B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4C2B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2B8A

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2B8A	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 43, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.149 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467ad',
    500: '#4c2b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2b8a;
$custom-light: #8467ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.842,
    "s": 52.486,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38721,
    "c": 0.14935,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2B8A

secondary

#96B45D

accent

#DC4CAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2B8A

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

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