#4C2182#4C2182

#4C2182 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.153 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2182
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 130)
HSL	hsl(267, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.5%, 74.6%, 0%, 49%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 40.67, -46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 62.01, 310.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.67% 0.0735 -0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(36.67% 0.153 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.5526, 4.2358, 21.5344)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2182 #578221

analogous

#212782 #4C2182 #7D2182

triadic

#4C2182 #824C21 #21824C

tetradic

#4C2182 #822127 #578221 #21827D

square

#4C2182 #822127 #578221 #21827D

split-complementary

#4C2182 #827D21 #278221

monochromatic

#130820 #2F1551 #4C2182 #692DB3 #874CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4C2182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4C2182 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2182

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2182	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F394F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.153 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a7',
    500: '#4c2182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2182;
$custom-light: #8360a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.598,
    "s": 59.509,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36674,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2182

secondary

#85B44A

accent

#E3459D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2182

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

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