#4C357D#4C357D

#4C357D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.117 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C357D
RGB	rgb(76, 53, 125)
HSL	hsl(259, 40%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 58%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 57.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.28, 27.83, -37.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.28, 46.65, 306.63°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% 0.05 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.117 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9543, 5.5632, 20.0528)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C357D #667D35

analogous

#35427D #4C357D #70357D

triadic

#4C357D #7D4C35 #357D4C

tetradic

#4C357D #7D3542 #667D35 #357D70

square

#4C357D #7D3542 #667D35 #357D70

split-complementary

#4C357D #7D7035 #427D35

monochromatic

#181127 #322352 #4C357D #6647A8 #876CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#4C357D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4C357D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C357D

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C357D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C357D	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13437F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A427B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#404453

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c357d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 53, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.117 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#816da3',
    500: '#4c357d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c357d;
$custom-light: #816da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c357d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.167,
    "s": 40.449,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39337,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C357D

secondary

#93A965

accent

#D057AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B070F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C357D

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

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