#4C38AA#4C38AA

#4C38AA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.173 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C38AA
RGB	rgb(76, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(251, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 67.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.41, 39.71, -58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.41, 70.58, 304.24°)
OKLab	oklab(43.43% 0.0437 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(43.43% 0.173 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.6482, 7.2665, 38.8112)
Luminance	0.0727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 3.08

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C38AA #96AA38

analogous

#385DAA #4C38AA #8538AA

triadic

#4C38AA #AA4C38 #38AA4C

tetradic

#4C38AA #AA385D #96AA38 #38AA85

square

#4C38AA #AA385D #96AA38 #38AA85

split-complementary

#4C38AA #AA8538 #5DAA38

monochromatic

#231A4E #37297C #4C38AA #6B57C8 #9485D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.56

#4C38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#4C38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C38AA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C38AA	1.00	8.56	2.45	8.56
#FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22556C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.173 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8770c4',
    500: '#4c38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c38aa;
$custom-light: #8770c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.526,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43428,
    "c": 0.17327,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C38AA

secondary

#B5C17D

accent

#DA4EC1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C38AA

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

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