#4C228F#4C228F

#4C228F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.166 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C228F
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.75, 43.70, -52.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.75, 68.52, 309.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.96% 0.0694 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(37.96% 0.166 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.5091, 4.6635, 26.4331)
Luminance	0.0466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C228F #658F22

analogous

#222F8F #4C228F #83228F

triadic

#4C228F #8F4C22 #228F4C

tetradic

#4C228F #8F222F #658F22 #228F83

square

#4C228F #8F222F #658F22 #228F83

split-complementary

#4C228F #8F8322 #2F8F22

monochromatic

#170A2C #32165E #4C228F #662EC0 #8755D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.87

#4C228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#4C228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C228F

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C228F	1.00	10.87	1.93	10.87
#FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.166 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b1',
    500: '#4c228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c228f;
$custom-light: #8562b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.119,
    "s": 61.582,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37958,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C228F

secondary

#92BA52

accent

#E543A6

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C228F

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

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