#4C229F#4C229F

#4C229F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.185 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C229F
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 159)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 78.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 48.10, -60.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 77.02, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% 0.0649 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.185 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8087, 5.1833, 33.2778)
Luminance	0.0518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C229F #759F22

analogous

#22369F #4C229F #8A229F

triadic

#4C229F #9F4C22 #229F4C

tetradic

#4C229F #9F2236 #759F22 #229F8A

square

#4C229F #9F2236 #759F22 #229F8A

split-complementary

#4C229F #9F8A22 #369F22

monochromatic

#1C0C3A #34176D #4C229F #642DD1 #895FDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#4C229F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#4C229F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C229F

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C229F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C229F	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4660

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c229f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.185 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763bc',
    500: '#4c229f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c229f;
$custom-light: #8763bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c229f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.16,
    "s": 64.767,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39464,
    "c": 0.18464,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C229F

secondary

#9FC15B

accent

#E840AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C229F

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

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