#4C186D#4C186D

#4C186D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.140 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C186D
RGB	rgb(76, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 39.54, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 55.31, 315.63°)
OKLab	oklab(33.83% 0.0872 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(33.83% 0.14 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.0669, 3.2940, 14.7812)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C186D #396D18

analogous

#21186D #4C186D #6D1863

triadic

#4C186D #6D4C18 #186D4C

tetradic

#4C186D #6D2118 #396D18 #18636D

square

#4C186D #6D2118 #396D18 #18636D

split-complementary

#4C186D #636D18 #186D21

monochromatic

#110619 #290D3B #4C186D #6F239F #922ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#4C186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4C186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C186D

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C186D	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.140 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b97',
    500: '#4c186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c186d;
$custom-light: #825b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.706,
    "s": 63.91,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33826,
    "c": 0.14018,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C186D

secondary

#65A33E

accent

#E74181

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C186D

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

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