#4C117C#4C117C

#4C117C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.163 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C117C
RGB	rgb(76, 17, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 86.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.55, 45.89, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.55, 66.20, 313.88°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.0891 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.163 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8182, 3.3926, 19.3605)
Luminance	0.0339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C117C #417C11

analogous

#16117C #4C117C #7C1177

triadic

#4C117C #7C4C11 #117C4C

tetradic

#4C117C #7C1611 #417C11 #11777C

square

#4C117C #7C1611 #417C11 #11777C

split-complementary

#4C117C #777C11 #117C16

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0A46 #4C117C #6D18B2 #8D26E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.51

#4C117C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4C117C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C117C

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C117C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C117C	1.00	12.51	1.68	12.51
#FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c117c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 17, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.163 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a3',
    500: '#4c117c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c117c;
$custom-light: #8459a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c117c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.084,
    "s": 75.887,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3449,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C117C

secondary

#6EB237

accent

#F2358A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C117C

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

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