#4C1172#4C1172

#4C1172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.153 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1172
RGB	rgb(76, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.64, 43.51, -42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.64, 61.03, 315.48°)
OKLab	oklab(33.58% 0.0923 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(33.58% 0.153 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.2175, 3.1524, 16.1973)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1172 #377211

analogous

#1B1172 #4C1172 #721167

triadic

#4C1172 #724C11 #11724C

tetradic

#4C1172 #721B11 #377211 #116772

square

#4C1172 #721B11 #377211 #116772

split-complementary

#4C1172 #677211 #11721B

monochromatic

#12041B #28093D #4C1172 #7019A7 #9321DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#4C1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4C1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1172

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1172	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.153 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83589b',
    500: '#4c1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1172;
$custom-light: #83589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.495,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33579,
    "c": 0.15282,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1172

secondary

#63A936

accent

#F13780

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1172

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

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