#4C2286#4C2286

#4C2286 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.156 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2286
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 134)
HSL	hsl(265, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 75%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 41.25, -48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 63.65, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(37.15% 0.0716 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(37.15% 0.156 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8545, 4.4016, 22.9854)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2286 #5C8622

analogous

#222A86 #4C2286 #7E2286

triadic

#4C2286 #864C22 #22864C

tetradic

#4C2286 #86222A #5C8622 #22867E

square

#4C2286 #86222A #5C8622 #22867E

split-complementary

#4C2286 #867E22 #2A8622

monochromatic

#150924 #301655 #4C2286 #682EB7 #8750D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#4C2286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4C2286 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2286

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2286	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3B52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.156 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461aa',
    500: '#4c2286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2286;
$custom-light: #8461aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.2,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37149,
    "c": 0.15601,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2286

secondary

#8AB64E

accent

#E345A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2286

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

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