#4C3587#4C3587

#4C3587 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.131 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C3587
RGB	rgb(76, 53, 135)
HSL	hsl(257, 44%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(257, 61%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 60.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 30.80, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 52.53, 305.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.08% 0.05 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(40.08% 0.131 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.6256, 5.8317, 23.5881)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C3587 #708735

analogous

#354787 #4C3587 #753587

triadic

#4C3587 #874C35 #35874C

tetradic

#4C3587 #873547 #708735 #358775

square

#4C3587 #873547 #708735 #358775

split-complementary

#4C3587 #877535 #478735

monochromatic

#1B122F #33245B #4C3587 #6546B3 #8870C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4C3587 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4C3587 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C3587

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C3587	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C3587	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00458A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#064385

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4758

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c3587;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 53, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.131 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836daa',
    500: '#4c3587',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c3587;
$custom-light: #836daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c3587",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.829,
    "s": 43.617,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40077,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C3587

secondary

#9BAF69

accent

#D354B0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C3587

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

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