#4C2197#4C2197

#4C2197 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.177 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2197
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 78.1%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 46.37, -56.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 73.30, 309.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.59% 0.0681 -0.163)
OKLCH	oklch(38.59% 0.177 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.1087, 4.8583, 29.7300)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2197 #6C9721

analogous

#213197 #4C2197 #872197

triadic

#4C2197 #974C21 #21974C

tetradic

#4C2197 #972131 #6C9721 #219787

square

#4C2197 #972131 #6C9721 #219787

split-complementary

#4C2197 #978721 #319721

monochromatic

#190B33 #331665 #4C2197 #652CC9 #8758DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#4C2197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4C2197 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2197

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2197	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.177 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b7',
    500: '#4c2197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2197;
$custom-light: #8662b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.864,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38587,
    "c": 0.1766,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2197

secondary

#98BE55

accent

#E741AA

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2197

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

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