#4C229B#4C229B

#4C229B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.180 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C229B
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 155)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 78.1%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 47.00, -58.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 74.92, 308.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.08% 0.0661 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(39.08% 0.18 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4672, 5.0467, 31.4793)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C229B #719B22

analogous

#22359B #4C229B #88229B

triadic

#4C229B #9B4C22 #229B4C

tetradic

#4C229B #9B2235 #719B22 #229B88

square

#4C229B #9B2235 #719B22 #229B88

split-complementary

#4C229B #9B8822 #359B22

monochromatic

#1B0C37 #331769 #4C229B #652DCD #885CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#4C229B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4C229B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C229B

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C229B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C229B	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00419E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c229b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.180 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762ba',
    500: '#4c229b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c229b;
$custom-light: #8762ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c229b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.826,
    "s": 64.021,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3908,
    "c": 0.18011,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C229B

secondary

#9CC059

accent

#E741AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C229B

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

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