#4C147A#4C147A

#4C147A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.158 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C147A
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 83.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.73, 44.34, -46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.73, 64.00, 313.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.56% 0.0875 -0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(34.56% 0.158 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7427, 3.4420, 18.7177)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C147A #427A14

analogous

#19147A #4C147A #7A1475

triadic

#4C147A #7A4C14 #147A4C

tetradic

#4C147A #7A1914 #427A14 #14757A

square

#4C147A #7A1914 #427A14 #14757A

split-complementary

#4C147A #757A14 #147A19

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0B45 #4C147A #6D1DAF #8D2CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#4C147A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4C147A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C147A

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C147A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C147A	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c147a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.158 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa1',
    500: '#4c147a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c147a;
$custom-light: #835aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c147a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.941,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34559,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C147A

secondary

#6FB03A

accent

#EF398B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C147A

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

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