#4C2189#4C2189

#4C2189 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.161 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2189
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 137)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 75.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.05, 42.55, -50.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.05, 65.81, 310.29°)
OKLab	oklab(37.29% 0.0719 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(37.29% 0.161 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0385, 4.4302, 24.0936)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2189 #5E8921

analogous

#212A89 #4C2189 #802189

triadic

#4C2189 #894C21 #21894C

tetradic

#4C2189 #89212A #5E8921 #218980

square

#4C2189 #89212A #5E8921 #218980

split-complementary

#4C2189 #898021 #2A8921

monochromatic

#150926 #311558 #4C2189 #672DBA #8750D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.13

#4C2189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4C2189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2189

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2189	1.00	11.13	1.89	11.13
#FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.161 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ac',
    500: '#4c2189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2189;
$custom-light: #8461ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.808,
    "s": 61.176,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37293,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2189

secondary

#8CB84E

accent

#E444A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2189

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

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