#4C2185#4C2185

#4C2185 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.156 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2185
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 133)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.69, 41.47, -48.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.69, 63.64, 310.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.0728 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.156 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7569, 4.3175, 22.6104)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2185 #5A8521

analogous

#212885 #4C2185 #7E2185

triadic

#4C2185 #854C21 #21854C

tetradic

#4C2185 #852128 #5A8521 #21857E

square

#4C2185 #852128 #5A8521 #21857E

split-complementary

#4C2185 #857E21 #288521

monochromatic

#140923 #301554 #4C2185 #682DB6 #874DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4C2185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4C2185 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2185

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2185	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.156 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a9',
    500: '#4c2185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2185;
$custom-light: #8461a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.8,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36937,
    "c": 0.15605,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2185

secondary

#88B64C

accent

#E3449F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2185

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

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