#4C3399#4C3399

#4C3399 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.158 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C3399
RGB	rgb(76, 51, 153)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.92, 37.42, -52.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.92, 64.16, 305.67°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.0508 -0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.158 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.9124, 6.2036, 30.8059)
Luminance	0.0620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C3399 #809933

analogous

#334D99 #4C3399 #7F3399

triadic

#4C3399 #994C33 #33994C

tetradic

#4C3399 #99334D #809933 #33997F

square

#4C3399 #99334D #809933 #33997F

split-complementary

#4C3399 #997F33 #4D9933

monochromatic

#1E143D #35246B #4C3399 #6547C2 #8C75D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.37

#4C3399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#4C3399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C3399

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C3399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C3399	1.00	9.37	2.24	9.37
#FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00499C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314C61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c3399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 51, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.158 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856cb8',
    500: '#4c3399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c3399;
$custom-light: #856cb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c3399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.706,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41196,
    "c": 0.15781,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C3399

secondary

#A7B96E

accent

#DA4EB7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C3399

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

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