#4C338C#4C338C

#4C338C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.141 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C338C
RGB	rgb(76, 51, 140)
HSL	hsl(257, 47%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 64%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 63.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.90, 33.51, -45.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.90, 56.75, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.13% 0.0521 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(40.13% 0.141 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.8966, 5.7973, 25.4561)
Luminance	0.0580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C338C #738C33

analogous

#33468C #4C338C #79338C

triadic

#4C338C #8C4C33 #338C4C

tetradic

#4C338C #8C3346 #738C33 #338C79

square

#4C338C #8C3346 #738C33 #338C79

split-complementary

#4C338C #8C7933 #468C33

monochromatic

#1B1232 #34235F #4C338C #6443B9 #896FCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.72

#4C338C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#4C338C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C338C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C338C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C338C	1.00	9.72	2.16	9.72
#FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39475A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c338c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 51, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.141 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836cae',
    500: '#4c338c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c338c;
$custom-light: #836cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c338c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.854,
    "s": 46.597,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4013,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C338C

secondary

#9EB268

accent

#D652B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C338C

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

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