#4C229A#4C229A

#4C229A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.179 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C229A
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 154)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 77.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 46.72, -57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 74.39, 308.91°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% 0.0664 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.179 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.3836, 5.0133, 31.0388)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C229A #709A22

analogous

#22349A #4C229A #88229A

triadic

#4C229A #9A4C22 #229A4C

tetradic

#4C229A #9A2234 #709A22 #229A88

square

#4C229A #9A2234 #709A22 #229A88

split-complementary

#4C229A #9A8822 #349A22

monochromatic

#1B0C36 #331768 #4C229A #652DCC #885BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#4C229A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4C229A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C229A

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C229A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C229A	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c229a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.179 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762b9',
    500: '#4c229a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c229a;
$custom-light: #8762b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c229a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38985,
    "c": 0.17898,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C229A

secondary

#9BBF58

accent

#E741AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C229A

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

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