#4C2C85#4C2C85

#4C2C85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.142 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2C85
RGB	rgb(76, 44, 133)
HSL	hsl(262, 50%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 67%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 66.9%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.82, 35.57, -44.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.82, 57.21, 308.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.46% 0.061 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(38.46% 0.142 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1137, 5.0311, 22.7294)
Luminance	0.0503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2C85 #65852C

analogous

#2C3985 #4C2C85 #792C85

triadic

#4C2C85 #854C2C #2C854C

tetradic

#4C2C85 #852C39 #65852C #2C8579

square

#4C2C85 #852C39 #65852C #2C8579

split-complementary

#4C2C85 #85792C #39852C

monochromatic

#170E29 #321D57 #4C2C85 #663BB3 #8761CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4C2C85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4C2C85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2C85

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2C85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2C85	1.00	10.47	2.01	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4154

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2c85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 44, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.142 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367a9',
    500: '#4c2c85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2c85;
$custom-light: #8367a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2c85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.573,
    "s": 50.282,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38458,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2C85

secondary

#92B15C

accent

#DA4EA8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2C85

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

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