#4C137C#4C137C

#4C137C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.161 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C137C
RGB	rgb(76, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 45.19, -47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 65.44, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0876 -0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.161 303)
XYZ	xyz(6.8506, 3.4575, 19.3713)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C137C #437C13

analogous

#17137C #4C137C #7C1378

triadic

#4C137C #7C4C13 #137C4C

tetradic

#4C137C #7C1713 #437C13 #13787C

square

#4C137C #7C1713 #437C13 #13787C

split-complementary

#4C137C #787C13 #137C17

monochromatic

#10041B #2B0B47 #4C137C #6D1BB1 #8C2BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.42

#4C137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4C137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C137C

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C137C	1.00	12.42	1.69	12.42
#FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.161 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a3',
    500: '#4c137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c137c;
$custom-light: #8459a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.571,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34654,
    "c": 0.16106,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C137C

secondary

#70B239

accent

#F0388C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C137C

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

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