#4C196E#4C196E

#4C196E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.140 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C196E
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(276, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.42, 39.34, -38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.42, 55.35, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.02% 0.086 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(34.02% 0.14 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.1420, 3.3576, 15.0734)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C196E #3B6E19

analogous

#22196E #4C196E #6E1966

triadic

#4C196E #6E4C19 #196E4C

tetradic

#4C196E #6E2219 #3B6E19 #19666E

square

#4C196E #6E2219 #3B6E19 #19666E

split-complementary

#4C196E #666E19 #196E22

monochromatic

#110619 #2A0E3C #4C196E #6E24A0 #9131D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.56

#4C196E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4C196E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C196E

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C196E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C196E	1.00	12.56	1.67	12.56
#FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.140 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b98',
    500: '#4c196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c196e;
$custom-light: #825b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3402,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C196E

secondary

#67A33F

accent

#E64283

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C196E

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

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