#4C2180#4C2180

#4C2180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.150 H 299.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2180
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 128)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 74.2%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 40.13, -45.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 60.91, 311.21°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0739 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.15 299.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4197, 4.1826, 20.8343)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.52

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2180 #558021

analogous

#212680 #4C2180 #7C2180

triadic

#4C2180 #804C21 #21804C

tetradic

#4C2180 #802126 #558021 #21807C

square

#4C2180 #802126 #558021 #21807C

split-complementary

#4C2180 #807C21 #268021

monochromatic

#12081F #2F144F #4C2180 #692EB1 #874BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4C2180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4C2180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2180

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2180	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)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.150 299.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a6',
    500: '#4c2180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2180;
$custom-light: #8360a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.158,
    "s": 59.006,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.365,
    "c": 0.15025,
    "h": 299.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2180

secondary

#83B34A

accent

#E2469B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2180

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

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