#4C196B#4C196B

#4C196B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.137 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C196B
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 107)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 76.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 38.61, -37.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 53.74, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(33.77% 0.0865 -0.106)
OKLCH	oklch(33.77% 0.137 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.9814, 3.2934, 14.2277)
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

#4C196B #386B19

analogous

#23196B #4C196B #6B1961

triadic

#4C196B #6B4C19 #196B4C

tetradic

#4C196B #6B2319 #386B19 #19616B

square

#4C196B #6B2319 #386B19 #19616B

split-complementary

#4C196B #616B19 #196B23

monochromatic

#120619 #290D39 #4C196B #6F259D #9230CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#4C196B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4C196B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C196B

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C196B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C196B	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)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c196b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.137 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b96',
    500: '#4c196b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c196b;
$custom-light: #825b96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c196b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.317,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33774,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C196B

secondary

#64A13F

accent

#E54380

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C196B

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

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