#4C2186#4C2186

#4C2186 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.157 H 297.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2186
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 134)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 75.4%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 41.74, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 64.18, 310.57°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0726 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.157 297.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8263, 4.3453, 22.9760)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2186 #5B8621

analogous

#212886 #4C2186 #7F2186

triadic

#4C2186 #864C21 #21864C

tetradic

#4C2186 #862128 #5B8621 #21867F

square

#4C2186 #862128 #5B8621 #21867F

split-complementary

#4C2186 #867F21 #288621

monochromatic

#140924 #301555 #4C2186 #682DB7 #874ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#4C2186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4C2186 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2186

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2186	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.157 297.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461aa',
    500: '#4c2186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2186;
$custom-light: #8461aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.545,
    "s": 60.479,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37025,
    "c": 0.15719,
    "h": 297.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2186

secondary

#89B74C

accent

#E444A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2186

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

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