#4C229E#4C229E

#4C229E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.184 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C229E
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 78.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 47.83, -59.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 76.49, 308.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.37% 0.0652 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(39.37% 0.184 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7223, 5.1488, 32.8227)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C229E #749E22

analogous

#22369E #4C229E #8A229E

triadic

#4C229E #9E4C22 #229E4C

tetradic

#4C229E #9E2236 #749E22 #229E8A

square

#4C229E #9E2236 #749E22 #229E8A

split-complementary

#4C229E #9E8A22 #369E22

monochromatic

#1C0C39 #34176C #4C229E #642DD0 #895EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#4C229E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#4C229E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C229E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C229E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C229E	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F455F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c229e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.184 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8762bc',
    500: '#4c229e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c229e;
$custom-light: #8762bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c229e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.323,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39367,
    "c": 0.18351,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C229E

secondary

#9EC15B

accent

#E840AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C229E

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

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