#4C218E#4C218E

#4C218E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.166 H 295.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C218E
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(264, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, 43.91, -52.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 68.50, 309.87°)
OKLab	oklab(37.75% 0.0706 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(37.75% 0.166 295.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.4055, 4.5770, 26.0265)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C218E #638E21

analogous

#212C8E #4C218E #83218E

triadic

#4C218E #8E4C21 #218E4C

tetradic

#4C218E #8E212C #638E21 #218E83

square

#4C218E #8E212C #638E21 #218E83

split-complementary

#4C218E #8E8321 #2C8E21

monochromatic

#170A2B #31155C #4C218E #672DC0 #8752D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#4C218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4C218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C218E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C218E	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.166 295.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561b0',
    500: '#4c218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c218e;
$custom-light: #8561b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.67,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37747,
    "c": 0.16638,
    "h": 295.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C218E

secondary

#91BA50

accent

#E542A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C218E

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

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