#4C229C#4C229C

#4C229C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.181 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C229C
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 156)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 78.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.96, 47.28, -58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.96, 75.44, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(39.17% 0.0658 -0.1689)
OKLCH	oklch(39.17% 0.181 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5516, 5.0805, 31.9234)
Luminance	0.0508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C229C #729C22

analogous

#22359C #4C229C #89229C

triadic

#4C229C #9C4C22 #229C4C

tetradic

#4C229C #9C2235 #729C22 #229C89

square

#4C229C #9C2235 #729C22 #229C89

split-complementary

#4C229C #9C8922 #359C22

monochromatic

#1B0C38 #34176A #4C229C #642DCE #885DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.42

#4C229C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4C229C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C229C

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C229C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C229C	1.00	10.42	2.02	10.42
#FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00429F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30445E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c229c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.181 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762ba',
    500: '#4c229c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c229c;
$custom-light: #8762ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c229c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.656,
    "s": 64.211,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39175,
    "c": 0.18125,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C229C

secondary

#9DC05A

accent

#E741AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C229C

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

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