#4C2B8B#4C2B8B

#4C2B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.151 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2B8B
RGB	rgb(76, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.10, 37.86, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.10, 61.22, 308.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0613 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.151 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.5033, 5.1281, 24.9629)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2B8B #6A8B2B

analogous

#2B3A8B #4C2B8B #7C2B8B

triadic

#4C2B8B #8B4C2B #2B8B4C

tetradic

#4C2B8B #8B2B3A #6A8B2B #2B8B7C

square

#4C2B8B #8B2B3A #6A8B2B #2B8B7C

split-complementary

#4C2B8B #8B7C2B #3A8B2B

monochromatic

#190E2E #321D5C #4C2B8B #6639BA #8762CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#4C2B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4C2B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2B8B

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2B8B	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A4257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.151 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467ae',
    500: '#4c2b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2b8b;
$custom-light: #8467ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.625,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38805,
    "c": 0.15061,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.05128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2B8B

secondary

#97B55D

accent

#DC4CAA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2B8B

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

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