#4C398E#4C398E

#4C398E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.135 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C398E
RGB	rgb(76, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(253, 43%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 60%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.44, 30.44, -44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.44, 53.95, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.31% 0.0449 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(41.31% 0.135 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3247, 6.4154, 26.3329)
Luminance	0.0642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C398E #7B8E39

analogous

#39518E #4C398E #77398E

triadic

#4C398E #8E4C39 #398E4C

tetradic

#4C398E #8E3951 #7B8E39 #398E77

square

#4C398E #8E3951 #7B8E39 #398E77

split-complementary

#4C398E #8E7739 #518E39

monochromatic

#1D1637 #352762 #4C398E #654DB7 #8A78C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#4C398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#4C398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C398E

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C398E	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00468C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.135 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8370b0',
    500: '#4c398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c398e;
$custom-light: #8370b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.412,
    "s": 42.714,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41305,
    "c": 0.13479,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C398E

secondary

#A4B271

accent

#D255B7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF5

border

#CAC7CF

text

#0B0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C398E

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

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