#4C218B#4C218B

#4C218B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.163 H 296.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C218B
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 76.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 43.10, -51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 66.89, 310.11°)
OKLab	oklab(37.47% 0.0714 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(37.47% 0.163 296)
XYZ	xyz(8.1833, 4.4881, 24.8562)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C218B #608B21

analogous

#212B8B #4C218B #81218B

triadic

#4C218B #8B4C21 #218B4C

tetradic

#4C218B #8B212B #608B21 #218B81

square

#4C218B #8B212B #608B21 #218B81

split-complementary

#4C218B #8B8121 #2B8B21

monochromatic

#160A28 #31155A #4C218B #672DBC #8751D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#4C218B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4C218B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C218B

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C218B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C218B	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c218b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.163 296.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ae',
    500: '#4c218b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c218b;
$custom-light: #8561ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c218b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.34,
    "s": 61.628,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37474,
    "c": 0.16294,
    "h": 296
  },
  "luminance": 0.04488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C218B

secondary

#8EB94F

accent

#E543A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C218B

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

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