#4C227C#4C227C

#4C227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.144 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C227C
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 38.55, -43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 58.15, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.0736 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.144 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1897, 4.1357, 19.4844)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.94

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C227C #527C22

analogous

#22257C #4C227C #79227C

triadic

#4C227C #7C4C22 #227C4C

tetradic

#4C227C #7C2225 #527C22 #227C79

square

#4C227C #7C2225 #527C22 #227C79

split-complementary

#4C227C #7C7922 #257C22

monochromatic

#11081C #2F154C #4C227C #692FAC #884BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4C227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4C227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C227C

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C227C	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.144 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a3',
    500: '#4c227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c227c;
$custom-light: #8361a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36289,
    "c": 0.1443,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C227C

secondary

#80AF4B

accent

#E04899

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C227C

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

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