#4C228D#4C228D

#4C228D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.164 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C228D
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 141)
HSL	hsl(264, 61%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(264, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 75.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 43.16, -51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 67.44, 309.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.78% 0.0699 -0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(37.78% 0.164 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3589, 4.6034, 25.6423)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C228D #638D22

analogous

#222E8D #4C228D #82228D

triadic

#4C228D #8D4C22 #228D4C

tetradic

#4C228D #8D222E #638D22 #228D82

square

#4C228D #8D222E #638D22 #228D82

split-complementary

#4C228D #8D8222 #2E8D22

monochromatic

#170A2A #31165C #4C228D #672EBE #8754D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4C228D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4C228D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C228D

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C228D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C228D	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3E56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c228d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.164 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562af',
    500: '#4c228d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c228d;
$custom-light: #8562af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c228d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.551,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37776,
    "c": 0.16411,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C228D

secondary

#91B951

accent

#E444A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C228D

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

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