#4C137D#4C137D

#4C137D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.162 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C137D
RGB	rgb(76, 19, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 84.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.88, 45.44, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.88, 65.96, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% 0.0873 -0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.162 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9141, 3.4829, 19.7061)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.23

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C137D #447D13

analogous

#17137D #4C137D #7D1379

triadic

#4C137D #7D4C13 #137D4C

tetradic

#4C137D #7D1713 #447D13 #13797D

square

#4C137D #7D1713 #447D13 #13797D

split-complementary

#4C137D #797D13 #137D17

monochromatic

#10041B #2C0B48 #4C137D #6C1BB2 #8C2CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4C137D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4C137D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C137D

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C137D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C137D	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c137d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 19, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.162 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a4',
    500: '#4c137d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c137d;
$custom-light: #8459a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c137d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.264,
    "s": 73.611,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34747,
    "c": 0.16208,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C137D

secondary

#71B339

accent

#F0388D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C137D

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

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