#4C338E#4C338E

#4C338E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.143 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C338E
RGB	rgb(76, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 47%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(256, 64%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.05, 34.11, -46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.05, 57.90, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.052 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.143 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.0454, 5.8568, 26.2398)
Luminance	0.0586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C338E #758E33

analogous

#33478E #4C338E #7A338E

triadic

#4C338E #8E4C33 #338E4C

tetradic

#4C338E #8E3347 #758E33 #338E7A

square

#4C338E #8E3347 #758E33 #338E7A

split-complementary

#4C338E #8E7A33 #478E33

monochromatic

#1C1334 #342361 #4C338E #6443BB #8970CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.67

#4C338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4C338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C338E

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C338E	1.00	9.67	2.17	9.67
#FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38485B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.143 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846cb0',
    500: '#4c338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c338e;
$custom-light: #846cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.484,
    "s": 47.15,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4029,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C338E

secondary

#9FB469

accent

#D751B2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C338E

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

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