#4C2283#4C2283

#4C2283 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.153 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2283
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 131)
HSL	hsl(266, 59%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 74%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(42%, 74%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 40.43, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 62.01, 310.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.89% 0.0723 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(36.89% 0.153 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.6482, 4.3191, 21.8991)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2283 #598322

analogous

#222983 #4C2283 #7C2283

triadic

#4C2283 #834C22 #22834C

tetradic

#4C2283 #832229 #598322 #22837C

square

#4C2283 #832229 #598322 #22837C

split-complementary

#4C2283 #837C22 #298322

monochromatic

#140922 #301552 #4C2283 #682FB4 #874ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4C2283 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4C2283 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2283

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2283	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2283	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3A50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2283;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.153 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a8',
    500: '#4c2283',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2283;
$custom-light: #8361a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2283",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.979,
    "s": 58.788,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36887,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2283

secondary

#87B44C

accent

#E2469E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2283

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

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