#4C218A#4C218A

#4C218A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.162 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C218A
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 138)
HSL	hsl(265, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(265, 76%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 76.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.13, 42.82, -50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.13, 66.35, 310.20°)
OKLab	oklab(37.38% 0.0716 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(37.38% 0.162 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1106, 4.4590, 24.4732)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C218A #5F8A21

analogous

#212A8A #4C218A #80218A

triadic

#4C218A #8A4C21 #218A4C

tetradic

#4C218A #8A212A #5F8A21 #218A80

square

#4C218A #8A212A #5F8A21 #218A80

split-complementary

#4C218A #8A8021 #2A8A21

monochromatic

#160927 #311559 #4C218A #672DBB #8750D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#4C218A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4C218A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C218A

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C218A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C218A	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c218a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.162 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ad',
    500: '#4c218a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c218a;
$custom-light: #8461ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c218a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.571,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37383,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C218A

secondary

#8DB94E

accent

#E543A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C218A

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

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