#4C227D#4C227D

#4C227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.145 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C227D
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 38.82, -44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 58.70, 311.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0734 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.145 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2533, 4.1612, 19.8191)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C227D #537D22

analogous

#22257D #4C227D #79227D

triadic

#4C227D #7D4C22 #227D4C

tetradic

#4C227D #7D2225 #537D22 #227D79

square

#4C227D #7D2225 #537D22 #227D79

split-complementary

#4C227D #7D7922 #257D22

monochromatic

#11081D #2F154D #4C227D #692FAD #884BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4C227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4C227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C227D

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C227D	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.145 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a3',
    500: '#4c227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c227d;
$custom-light: #8361a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.692,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36373,
    "c": 0.14549,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C227D

secondary

#81B04B

accent

#E0479A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C227D

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

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