#4C2195#4C2195

#4C2195 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.174 H 293.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2195
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 149)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(49%, 77.9%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.14, 45.82, -55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.14, 72.24, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0686 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.174 293.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9477, 4.7938, 28.8818)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2195 #6A9521

analogous

#213095 #4C2195 #862195

triadic

#4C2195 #954C21 #21954C

tetradic

#4C2195 #952130 #6A9521 #219586

square

#4C2195 #952130 #6A9521 #219586

split-complementary

#4C2195 #958621 #309521

monochromatic

#190B31 #321663 #4C2195 #662CC7 #8757DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#4C2195 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4C2195 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2195

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2195	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2195	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#35415A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2195;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.174 293.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8661b5',
    500: '#4c2195',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2195;
$custom-light: #8661b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2195",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.241,
    "s": 63.736,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38398,
    "c": 0.17434,
    "h": 293.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2195

secondary

#97BE54

accent

#E741A9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2195

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

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