#4C117B#4C117B

#4C117B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.162 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C117B
RGB	rgb(76, 17, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(273, 86%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 86.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.46, 45.65, -47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.46, 65.69, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.4% 0.0894 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(34.4% 0.162 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7552, 3.3675, 19.0292)
Luminance	0.0337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C117B #407B11

analogous

#17117B #4C117B #7B1175

triadic

#4C117B #7B4C11 #117B4C

tetradic

#4C117B #7B1711 #407B11 #11757B

square

#4C117B #7B1711 #407B11 #11757B

split-complementary

#4C117B #757B11 #117B17

monochromatic

#11041B #2B0A45 #4C117B #6D18B1 #8E25E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#4C117B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4C117B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C117B

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C117B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C117B	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00327E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422F48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c117b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 17, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.162 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a2',
    500: '#4c117b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c117b;
$custom-light: #8459a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c117b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.396,
    "s": 75.714,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34397,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C117B

secondary

#6DB136

accent

#F23589

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C117B

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

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