#4C198B#4C198B

#4C198B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.171 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C198B
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 46.65, -53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 70.75, 311.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0781 -0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.171 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.9871, 4.0957, 24.7908)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C198B #588B19

analogous

#191F8B #4C198B #85198B

triadic

#4C198B #8B4C19 #198B4C

tetradic

#4C198B #8B191F #588B19 #198B85

square

#4C198B #8B191F #588B19 #198B85

split-complementary

#4C198B #8B8519 #1F8B19

monochromatic

#130623 #301057 #4C198B #6822BF #8741DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4C198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4C198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C198B

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C198B	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.171 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855dae',
    500: '#4c198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c198b;
$custom-light: #855dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.842,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36608,
    "c": 0.17122,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C198B

secondary

#86BE42

accent

#EC3B9D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C198B

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

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