#4C3196#4C3196

#4C3196 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.157 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C3196
RGB	rgb(76, 49, 150)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 67.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 37.68, -51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 63.72, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(40.63% 0.0533 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(40.63% 0.157 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.5823, 5.9348, 29.4889)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C3196 #7B9631

analogous

#314896 #4C3196 #7F3196

triadic

#4C3196 #964C31 #31964C

tetradic

#4C3196 #963148 #7B9631 #31967F

square

#4C3196 #963148 #7B9631 #31967F

split-complementary

#4C3196 #967F31 #489631

monochromatic

#1D133A #352268 #4C3196 #6543C1 #8A71D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#4C3196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#4C3196 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C3196

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C3196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C3196	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004394

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344A5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c3196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 49, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.157 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856bb6',
    500: '#4c3196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c3196;
$custom-light: #856bb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c3196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.04,
    "s": 50.754,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40634,
    "c": 0.15658,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C3196

secondary

#A4B86A

accent

#DA4EB5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0711

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C3196

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

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