#4C2183#4C2183

#4C2183 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.154 H 298.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2183
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 74.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 40.93, -47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 62.55, 310.87°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0733 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.154 298.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.6200, 4.2628, 21.8897)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2183 #588321

analogous

#212783 #4C2183 #7D2183

triadic

#4C2183 #834C21 #21834C

tetradic

#4C2183 #832127 #588321 #21837D

square

#4C2183 #832127 #588321 #21837D

split-complementary

#4C2183 #837D21 #278321

monochromatic

#130821 #301552 #4C2183 #682DB4 #874CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4C2183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4C2183 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2183

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2183	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.154 298.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a8',
    500: '#4c2183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2183;
$custom-light: #8461a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.327,
    "s": 59.756,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36761,
    "c": 0.15373,
    "h": 298.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2183

secondary

#86B54B

accent

#E3459E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2183

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

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