#4C2290#4C2290

#4C2290 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.168 H 294.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2290
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 144)
HSL	hsl(263, 62%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 76%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 76.4%, 0%, 43.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.84, 43.98, -53.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.84, 69.06, 309.55°)
OKLab	oklab(38.05% 0.0692 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(38.05% 0.168 294.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5852, 4.6939, 26.8338)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.39

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2290 #669022

analogous

#222F90 #4C2290 #832290

triadic

#4C2290 #904C22 #22904C

tetradic

#4C2290 #90222F #669022 #229083

square

#4C2290 #90222F #669022 #229083

split-complementary

#4C2290 #908322 #2F9022

monochromatic

#180B2D #32165E #4C2290 #662EC2 #8755D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.83

#4C2290 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4C2290 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2290

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2290	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2290	1.00	10.83	1.94	10.83
#FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383F57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2290;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.168 294.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8562b1',
    500: '#4c2290',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2290;
$custom-light: #8562b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2290",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.909,
    "s": 61.798,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38049,
    "c": 0.16756,
    "h": 294.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2290

secondary

#93BB53

accent

#E543A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2290

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

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