#4C2289#4C2289

#4C2289 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.159 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2289
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 137)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.22, 42.06, -49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.22, 65.28, 310.12°)
OKLab	oklab(37.42% 0.0709 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(37.42% 0.159 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0667, 4.4865, 24.1030)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2289 #5F8922

analogous

#222B89 #4C2289 #7F2289

triadic

#4C2289 #894C22 #22894C

tetradic

#4C2289 #89222B #5F8922 #22897F

square

#4C2289 #89222B #5F8922 #22897F

split-complementary

#4C2289 #897F22 #2B8922

monochromatic

#160A27 #311658 #4C2289 #672EBA #8751D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.07

#4C2289 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4C2289 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2289

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2289	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2289	1.00	11.07	1.90	11.07
#FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2289;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.159 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ac',
    500: '#4c2289',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2289;
$custom-light: #8461ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2289",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.466,
    "s": 60.234,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37416,
    "c": 0.15949,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2289

secondary

#8DB84F

accent

#E344A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2289

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

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