#4C198E#4C198E

#4C198E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.174 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C198E
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 47.43, -54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 72.31, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.0771 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.174 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2093, 4.1846, 25.9611)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C198E #5B8E19

analogous

#19208E #4C198E #86198E

triadic

#4C198E #8E4C19 #198E4C

tetradic

#4C198E #8E1920 #5B8E19 #198E86

square

#4C198E #8E1920 #5B8E19 #198E86

split-complementary

#4C198E #8E8619 #208E19

monochromatic

#140726 #30105A #4C198E #6822C2 #8743DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4C198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4C198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C198E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C198E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.174 296.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855db0',
    500: '#4c198e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c198e;
$custom-light: #855db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.154,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36895,
    "c": 0.17443,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C198E

secondary

#89BF44

accent

#ED3B9F

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C198E

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

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