#4C2181#4C2181

#4C2181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.151 H 299.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2181
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 129)
HSL	hsl(267, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 74.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 40.40, -46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 61.46, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0737 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.151 299.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.4858, 4.2091, 21.1827)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.49

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2181 #568121

analogous

#212681 #4C2181 #7C2181

triadic

#4C2181 #814C21 #21814C

tetradic

#4C2181 #812126 #568121 #21817C

square

#4C2181 #812126 #568121 #21817C

split-complementary

#4C2181 #817C21 #268121

monochromatic

#130820 #2F1550 #4C2181 #692DB2 #874BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4C2181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4C2181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2181

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2181	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.151 299.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a6',
    500: '#4c2181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2181;
$custom-light: #8360a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36587,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 299.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2181

secondary

#84B44A

accent

#E2459C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2181

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

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