#4C196C#4C196C

#4C196C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.138 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C196C
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 108)
HSL	hsl(277, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.26, 38.85, -37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.26, 54.28, 315.71°)
OKLab	oklab(33.86% 0.0863 -0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(33.86% 0.138 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0343, 3.3146, 14.5063)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C196C #396C19

analogous

#22196C #4C196C #6C1962

triadic

#4C196C #6C4C19 #196C4C

tetradic

#4C196C #6C2219 #396C19 #19626C

square

#4C196C #6C2219 #396C19 #19626C

split-complementary

#4C196C #626C19 #196C22

monochromatic

#110619 #290D3A #4C196C #6F259E #9230CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#4C196C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4C196C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C196C

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C196C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C196C	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02346A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c196c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.138 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b97',
    500: '#4c196c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c196c;
$custom-light: #825b97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c196c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.867,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33856,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C196C

secondary

#65A13F

accent

#E54281

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C196C

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

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