#4C228E#4C228E

#4C228E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.165 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C228E
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 61%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 76.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.66, 43.43, -52.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.66, 67.98, 309.70°)
OKLab	oklab(37.87% 0.0697 -0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(37.87% 0.165 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4337, 4.6333, 26.0359)
Luminance	0.0463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C228E #648E22

analogous

#222E8E #4C228E #82228E

triadic

#4C228E #8E4C22 #228E4C

tetradic

#4C228E #8E222E #648E22 #228E82

square

#4C228E #8E222E #648E22 #228E82

split-complementary

#4C228E #8E8222 #2E8E22

monochromatic

#170A2B #32165D #4C228E #662EBF #8754D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.90

#4C228E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4C228E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C228E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C228E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C228E	1.00	10.90	1.93	10.90
#FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393F56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c228e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.165 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b0',
    500: '#4c228e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c228e;
$custom-light: #8562b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c228e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 61.364,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37866,
    "c": 0.16526,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C228E

secondary

#91BA52

accent

#E443A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C228E

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

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