#4C196A#4C196A

#4C196A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.136 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C196A
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(278, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 76%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.10, 38.37, -36.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.10, 53.20, 316.15°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.0867 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.136 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9291, 3.2725, 13.9522)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C196A #376A19

analogous

#23196A #4C196A #6A195F

triadic

#4C196A #6A4C19 #196A4C

tetradic

#4C196A #6A2319 #376A19 #195F6A

square

#4C196A #6A2319 #376A19 #195F6A

split-complementary

#4C196A #5F6A19 #196A23

monochromatic

#120619 #280D38 #4C196A #70259C #9330CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.69

#4C196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4C196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C196A

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C196A	1.00	12.69	1.65	12.69
#FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.136 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b95',
    500: '#4c196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c196a;
$custom-light: #825b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.778,
    "s": 61.832,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33693,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C196A

secondary

#63A03F

accent

#E5437F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C196A

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

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