#4C198D#4C198D

#4C198D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.173 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C198D
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 47.17, -54.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 71.79, 311.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.8% 0.0774 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(36.8% 0.173 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1346, 4.1547, 25.5675)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C198D #5A8D19

analogous

#19208D #4C198D #86198D

triadic

#4C198D #8D4C19 #198D4C

tetradic

#4C198D #8D1920 #5A8D19 #198D86

square

#4C198D #8D1920 #5A8D19 #198D86

split-complementary

#4C198D #8D8619 #208D19

monochromatic

#140725 #301059 #4C198D #6822C1 #8743DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4C198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4C198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C198D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C198D	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.173 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855daf',
    500: '#4c198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c198d;
$custom-light: #855daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.379,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36799,
    "c": 0.17336,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C198D

secondary

#88BF43

accent

#ED3B9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C198D

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

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