#4C2184#4C2184

#4C2184 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.155 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2184
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 132)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.4%, 75%, 0%, 48.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.61, 41.20, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.61, 63.10, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.073 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.155 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6881, 4.2900, 22.2483)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2184 #598421

analogous

#212784 #4C2184 #7E2184

triadic

#4C2184 #844C21 #21844C

tetradic

#4C2184 #842127 #598421 #21847E

square

#4C2184 #842127 #598421 #21847E

split-complementary

#4C2184 #847E21 #278421

monochromatic

#140922 #301553 #4C2184 #682DB5 #874DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#4C2184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4C2184 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2184

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2184	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.155 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a9',
    500: '#4c2184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2184;
$custom-light: #8461a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.061,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36849,
    "c": 0.15489,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2184

secondary

#87B64B

accent

#E3459E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2184

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

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