#4C2285#4C2285

#4C2285 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.155 H 297.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2285
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 133)
HSL	hsl(265, 59%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 74%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 74.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 40.98, -47.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 63.10, 310.50°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0718 -0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.155 297.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7851, 4.3739, 22.6198)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2285 #5B8522

analogous

#222985 #4C2285 #7E2285

triadic

#4C2285 #854C22 #22854C

tetradic

#4C2285 #852229 #5B8522 #22857E

square

#4C2285 #852229 #5B8522 #22857E

split-complementary

#4C2285 #857E22 #298522

monochromatic

#140924 #301654 #4C2285 #682EB6 #874FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4C2285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4C2285 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2285

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2285	1.00	11.20	1.87	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.155 297.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a9',
    500: '#4c2285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2285;
$custom-light: #8461a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.455,
    "s": 59.281,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37062,
    "c": 0.15484,
    "h": 297.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2285

secondary

#89B64D

accent

#E245A0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2285

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

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