#4C228A#4C228A

#4C228A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.161 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C228A
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 75.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.31, 42.34, -50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.31, 65.82, 310.03°)
OKLab	oklab(37.51% 0.0707 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(37.51% 0.161 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.1387, 4.5153, 24.4826)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C228A #608A22

analogous

#222C8A #4C228A #80228A

triadic

#4C228A #8A4C22 #228A4C

tetradic

#4C228A #8A222C #608A22 #228A80

square

#4C228A #8A222C #608A22 #228A80

split-complementary

#4C228A #8A8022 #2C8A22

monochromatic

#160A28 #311659 #4C228A #672EBB #8752D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#4C228A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4C228A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C228A

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C228A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C228A	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c228a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.161 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ad',
    500: '#4c228a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c228a;
$custom-light: #8461ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c228a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.231,
    "s": 60.465,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37505,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C228A

secondary

#8EB850

accent

#E444A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C228A

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

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