#4C2298#4C2298

#4C2298 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.177 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2298
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 152)
HSL	hsl(261, 63%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 77.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.58, 46.17, -56.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.58, 73.33, 309.03°)
OKLab	oklab(38.8% 0.067 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(38.8% 0.177 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.2184, 4.9472, 30.1689)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2298 #6E9822

analogous

#223398 #4C2298 #872298

triadic

#4C2298 #984C22 #22984C

tetradic

#4C2298 #982233 #6E9822 #229887

square

#4C2298 #982233 #6E9822 #229887

split-complementary

#4C2298 #988722 #339822

monochromatic

#1A0C34 #331766 #4C2298 #652DCA #885ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#4C2298 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4C2298 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2298

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2298	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2298	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00409B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33435C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2298;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.177 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8662b7',
    500: '#4c2298',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2298;
$custom-light: #8662b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2298",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.356,
    "s": 63.441,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38795,
    "c": 0.17671,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2298

secondary

#9ABE57

accent

#E641AC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2298

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

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