#4C2198#4C2198

#4C2198 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.178 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2198
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 152)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 78.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.42, 46.64, -57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.42, 73.83, 309.18°)
OKLab	oklab(38.68% 0.0678 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(38.68% 0.178 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.1903, 4.8909, 30.1595)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2198 #6D9821

analogous

#213298 #4C2198 #882198

triadic

#4C2198 #984C21 #21984C

tetradic

#4C2198 #982132 #6D9821 #219888

square

#4C2198 #982132 #6D9821 #219888

split-complementary

#4C2198 #988821 #329821

monochromatic

#1A0B33 #331666 #4C2198 #652CCA #8859DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4C2198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4C2198 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2198

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2198	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.178 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b7',
    500: '#4c2198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2198;
$custom-light: #8662b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.681,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38681,
    "c": 0.17773,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2198

secondary

#99BF56

accent

#E740AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2198

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

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