#4C229D#4C229D

#4C229D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.182 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C229D
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 64%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.06, 47.55, -59.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.06, 75.97, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(39.27% 0.0655 -0.1702)
OKLCH	oklch(39.27% 0.182 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.6366, 5.1145, 32.3712)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C229D #739D22

analogous

#22359D #4C229D #8A229D

triadic

#4C229D #9D4C22 #229D4C

tetradic

#4C229D #9D2235 #739D22 #229D8A

square

#4C229D #9D2235 #739D22 #229D8A

split-complementary

#4C229D #9D8A22 #359D22

monochromatic

#1B0C38 #34176B #4C229D #642DCF #895DDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.38

#4C229D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#4C229D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C229D

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C229D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C229D	1.00	10.38	2.02	10.38
#FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c229d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.182 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762bb',
    500: '#4c229d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c229d;
$custom-light: #8762bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c229d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.488,
    "s": 64.398,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39271,
    "c": 0.18238,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C229D

secondary

#9EC15A

accent

#E740AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C229D

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

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