#4C137E#4C137E

#4C137E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.163 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C137E
RGB	rgb(76, 19, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 84.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 45.68, -48.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 66.48, 313.40°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.087 -0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.163 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9783, 3.5086, 20.0442)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C137E #457E13

analogous

#17137E #4C137E #7E137A

triadic

#4C137E #7E4C13 #137E4C

tetradic

#4C137E #7E1713 #457E13 #137A7E

square

#4C137E #7E1713 #457E13 #137A7E

split-complementary

#4C137E #7A7E13 #137E17

monochromatic

#10041B #2C0B49 #4C137E #6C1BB3 #8C2CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4C137E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4C137E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C137E

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C137E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C137E	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c137e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 19, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.163 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa4',
    500: '#4c137e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c137e;
$custom-light: #845aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c137e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.963,
    "s": 73.793,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3484,
    "c": 0.1631,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C137E

secondary

#72B439

accent

#F0378E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C137E

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

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