#4C388F#4C388F

#4C388F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.138 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C388F
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 143)
HSL	hsl(254, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 60.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.27, 31.37, -45.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.27, 55.20, 304.63°)
OKLab	oklab(41.21% 0.0461 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(41.21% 0.138 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.3512, 6.3477, 26.7138)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 8.36

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C388F #7B8F38

analogous

#38508F #4C388F #78388F

triadic

#4C388F #8F4C38 #388F4C

tetradic

#4C388F #8F3850 #7B8F38 #388F78

square

#4C388F #8F3850 #7B8F38 #388F78

split-complementary

#4C388F #8F7838 #508F38

monochromatic

#1D1637 #352763 #4C388F #654BB9 #8A77CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#4C388F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#4C388F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C388F

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C388F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C388F	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00458D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c388f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.138 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836fb0',
    500: '#4c388f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c388f;
$custom-light: #836fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c388f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.793,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41208,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C388F

secondary

#A4B370

accent

#D354B6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF5

border

#CAC7CF

text

#0B0711

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C388F

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

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