#4C1173#4C1173

#4C1173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.154 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1173
RGB	rgb(76, 17, 115)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 85.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.73, 43.75, -43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.73, 61.55, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(33.67% 0.092 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(33.67% 0.154 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2748, 3.1753, 16.4987)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1173 #387311

analogous

#1B1173 #4C1173 #731169

triadic

#4C1173 #734C11 #11734C

tetradic

#4C1173 #731B11 #387311 #116973

square

#4C1173 #731B11 #387311 #116973

split-complementary

#4C1173 #697311 #11731B

monochromatic

#12041B #29093E #4C1173 #6F19A8 #9221DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#4C1173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4C1173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1173

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1173	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003076

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003271

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 17, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.154 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83589c',
    500: '#4c1173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1173;
$custom-light: #83589c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.122,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33668,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1173

secondary

#64AA36

accent

#F13781

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1173

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

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