#4C2188#4C2188

#4C2188 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.160 H 296.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2188
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 136)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.1%, 75.7%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 42.28, -49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 65.27, 310.38°)
OKLab	oklab(37.2% 0.0721 -0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(37.2% 0.16 296.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9671, 4.4016, 23.7176)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2188 #5D8821

analogous

#212988 #4C2188 #7F2188

triadic

#4C2188 #884C21 #21884C

tetradic

#4C2188 #882129 #5D8821 #21887F

square

#4C2188 #882129 #5D8821 #21887F

split-complementary

#4C2188 #887F21 #298821

monochromatic

#150925 #301557 #4C2188 #682DB9 #874FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#4C2188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4C2188 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2188

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2188	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.160 296.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ac',
    500: '#4c2188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2188;
$custom-light: #8461ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 60.947,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37204,
    "c": 0.1595,
    "h": 296.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2188

secondary

#8BB84D

accent

#E444A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2188

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

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