#4C3389#4C3389

#4C3389 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.137 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C3389
RGB	rgb(76, 51, 137)
HSL	hsl(257, 46%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 63%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 62.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.67, 32.61, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.67, 55.02, 306.35°)
OKLab	oklab(39.89% 0.0523 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(39.89% 0.137 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6784, 5.7100, 24.3070)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C3389 #708933

analogous

#334589 #4C3389 #773389

triadic

#4C3389 #894C33 #33894C

tetradic

#4C3389 #893345 #708933 #338977

square

#4C3389 #893345 #708933 #338977

split-complementary

#4C3389 #897733 #458933

monochromatic

#1B1230 #33225C #4C3389 #6544B6 #886EC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.80

#4C3389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4C3389 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C3389

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C3389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C3389	1.00	9.80	2.14	9.80
#FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004287

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4659

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c3389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 51, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.137 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836cac',
    500: '#4c3389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c3389;
$custom-light: #836cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c3389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.442,
    "s": 45.745,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39894,
    "c": 0.13683,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C3389

secondary

#9BB167

accent

#D552AF

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C3389

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

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