#4C218D#4C218D

#4C218D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.165 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C218D
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 43.64, -52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 67.97, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.66% 0.0708 -0.1493)
OKLCH	oklch(37.66% 0.165 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3308, 4.5471, 25.6329)
Luminance	0.0455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C218D #628D21

analogous

#212C8D #4C218D #82218D

triadic

#4C218D #8D4C21 #218D4C

tetradic

#4C218D #8D212C #628D21 #218D82

square

#4C218D #8D212C #628D21 #218D82

split-complementary

#4C218D #8D8221 #2C8D21

monochromatic

#170A2A #31155B #4C218D #672DBF #8752D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#4C218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4C218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C218D

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C218D	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.165 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561af',
    500: '#4c218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c218d;
$custom-light: #8561af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.889,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37656,
    "c": 0.16523,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C218D

secondary

#90BA50

accent

#E543A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C218D

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

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