#4C198F#4C198F

#4C198F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.175 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C198F
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 143)
HSL	hsl(266, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 82.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 47.69, -55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 72.83, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0768 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.176 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2847, 4.2147, 26.3583)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C198F #5C8F19

analogous

#19218F #4C198F #87198F

triadic

#4C198F #8F4C19 #198F4C

tetradic

#4C198F #8F1921 #5C8F19 #198F87

square

#4C198F #8F1921 #5C8F19 #198F87

split-complementary

#4C198F #8F8719 #218F19

monochromatic

#150727 #30105B #4C198F #6822C3 #8744DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4C198F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4C198F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C198F

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C198F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C198F	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c198f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.175 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865db1',
    500: '#4c198f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c198f;
$custom-light: #865db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c198f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.932,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36991,
    "c": 0.1755,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C198F

secondary

#8ABF44

accent

#ED3BA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C198F

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

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