#4C188F#4C188F

#4C188F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.176 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C188F
RGB	rgb(76, 24, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 83.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 48.08, -55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 73.25, 311.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0775 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.176 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2637, 4.1727, 26.3513)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C188F #5B8F18

analogous

#18208F #4C188F #87188F

triadic

#4C188F #8F4C18 #188F4C

tetradic

#4C188F #8F1820 #5B8F18 #188F87

square

#4C188F #8F1820 #5B8F18 #188F87

split-complementary

#4C188F #8F8718 #208F18

monochromatic

#140626 #300F5B #4C188F #6821C3 #8742DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4C188F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4C188F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C188F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C188F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C188F	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c188f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 24, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.176 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865db1',
    500: '#4c188f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c188f;
$custom-light: #865db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c188f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.218,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36898,
    "c": 0.17638,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C188F

secondary

#89C043

accent

#EE3A9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C188F

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

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