#4C188D#4C188D

#4C188D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.174 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C188D
RGB	rgb(76, 24, 141)
HSL	hsl(267, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 83%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 47.57, -54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 72.22, 311.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0782 -0.1557)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.174 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.1136, 4.1127, 25.5605)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C188D #598D18

analogous

#181E8D #4C188D #87188D

triadic

#4C188D #8D4C18 #188D4C

tetradic

#4C188D #8D181E #598D18 #188D87

square

#4C188D #8D181E #598D18 #188D87

split-complementary

#4C188D #8D8718 #1E8D18

monochromatic

#140624 #300F59 #4C188D #6821C1 #8741DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4C188D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4C188D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C188D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C188D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C188D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c188d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 24, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.174 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855daf',
    500: '#4c188d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c188d;
$custom-light: #855daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c188d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.667,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36705,
    "c": 0.17427,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C188D

secondary

#87BF42

accent

#EE3A9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C188D

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

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