#4C2297#4C2297

#4C2297 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.176 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2297
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 151)
HSL	hsl(262, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(262, 77%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.49, 45.90, -56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.49, 72.80, 309.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.7% 0.0672 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(38.7% 0.176 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.1369, 4.9146, 29.7394)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2297 #6D9722

analogous

#223397 #4C2297 #872297

triadic

#4C2297 #974C22 #22974C

tetradic

#4C2297 #972233 #6D9722 #229787

square

#4C2297 #972233 #6D9722 #229787

split-complementary

#4C2297 #978722 #339722

monochromatic

#1A0C33 #331765 #4C2297 #652DC9 #885ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#4C2297 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4C2297 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2297

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2297	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2297	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34425B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2297;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.176 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b7',
    500: '#4c2297',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2297;
$custom-light: #8662b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2297",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.538,
    "s": 63.243,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38701,
    "c": 0.17557,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2297

secondary

#99BE57

accent

#E642AB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2297

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

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