#4C228B#4C228B

#4C228B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.162 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C228B
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 139)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 75.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.40, 42.61, -50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.40, 66.36, 309.95°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.0704 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.162 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2115, 4.5444, 24.8656)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C228B #618B22

analogous

#222D8B #4C228B #81228B

triadic

#4C228B #8B4C22 #228B4C

tetradic

#4C228B #8B222D #618B22 #228B81

square

#4C228B #8B222D #618B22 #228B81

split-complementary

#4C228B #8B8122 #2D8B22

monochromatic

#160A29 #31165A #4C228B #672EBC #8753D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.00

#4C228B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4C228B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C228B

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C228B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C228B	1.00	11.00	1.91	11.00
#FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c228b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.162 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461ae',
    500: '#4c228b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c228b;
$custom-light: #8461ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c228b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264,
    "s": 60.694,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37595,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C228B

secondary

#8FB850

accent

#E444A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C228B

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

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