#4C2187#4C2187

#4C2187 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.158 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2187
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 135)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 75.6%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 42.01, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 64.73, 310.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% 0.0723 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.158 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8964, 4.3733, 23.3451)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2187 #5C8721

analogous

#212987 #4C2187 #7F2187

triadic

#4C2187 #874C21 #21874C

tetradic

#4C2187 #872129 #5C8721 #21877F

square

#4C2187 #872129 #5C8721 #21877F

split-complementary

#4C2187 #877F21 #298721

monochromatic

#150925 #301556 #4C2187 #682DB8 #874FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4C2187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4C2187 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2187

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2187	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.158 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ab',
    500: '#4c2187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2187;
$custom-light: #8461ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.294,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37114,
    "c": 0.15835,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2187

secondary

#8AB74D

accent

#E444A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2187

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

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