#4C228C#4C228C

#4C228C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.163 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C228C
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 140)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.7%, 75.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.48, 42.88, -51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.48, 66.90, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.69% 0.0702 -0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(37.69% 0.163 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.2849, 4.5738, 25.2522)
Luminance	0.0457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C228C #628C22

analogous

#222D8C #4C228C #81228C

triadic

#4C228C #8C4C22 #228C4C

tetradic

#4C228C #8C222D #628C22 #228C81

square

#4C228C #8C222D #628C22 #228C81

split-complementary

#4C228C #8C8122 #2D8C22

monochromatic

#170A2A #31165B #4C228C #672EBD #8753D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.97

#4C228C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4C228C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C228C

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C228C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C228C	1.00	10.97	1.91	10.97
#FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c228c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.163 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8561ae',
    500: '#4c228c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c228c;
$custom-light: #8561ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c228c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.774,
    "s": 60.92,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37685,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C228C

secondary

#90B951

accent

#E444A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C228C

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

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