#4C137F#4C137F

#4C137F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.164 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C137F
RGB	rgb(76, 19, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 85%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.07, 45.92, -48.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.07, 67.00, 313.27°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0866 -0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.164 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0432, 3.5345, 20.3857)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C137F #467F13

analogous

#16137F #4C137F #7F137C

triadic

#4C137F #7F4C13 #137F4C

tetradic

#4C137F #7F1613 #467F13 #137C7F

square

#4C137F #7F1613 #467F13 #137C7F

split-complementary

#4C137F #7C7F13 #137F16

monochromatic

#10041B #2C0B4A #4C137F #6C1BB4 #8B2DE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#4C137F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C137F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C137F

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C137F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C137F	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c137f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 19, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.164 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa5',
    500: '#4c137f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c137f;
$custom-light: #845aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c137f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 73.973,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34933,
    "c": 0.16412,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C137F

secondary

#73B439

accent

#F1378F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C137F

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

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