#4C227E#4C227E

#4C227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.147 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C227E
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 39.09, -44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 59.26, 311.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0733 -0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.147 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.3175, 4.1868, 20.1572)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.83

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C227E #547E22

analogous

#22267E #4C227E #7A227E

triadic

#4C227E #7E4C22 #227E4C

tetradic

#4C227E #7E2226 #547E22 #227E7A

square

#4C227E #7E2226 #547E22 #227E7A

split-complementary

#4C227E #7E7A22 #267E22

monochromatic

#12081E #2F154E #4C227E #692FAE #884CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4C227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4C227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C227E

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C227E	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.147 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a4',
    500: '#4c227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c227e;
$custom-light: #8361a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36458,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C227E

secondary

#82B14B

accent

#E1479B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C227E

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