#4C147B#4C147B

#4C147B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.159 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C147B
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 83.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 44.58, -46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 64.52, 313.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0872 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.159 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8050, 3.4669, 19.0457)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C147B #437B14

analogous

#18147B #4C147B #7B1476

triadic

#4C147B #7B4C14 #147B4C

tetradic

#4C147B #7B1814 #437B14 #14767B

square

#4C147B #7B1814 #437B14 #14767B

split-complementary

#4C147B #767B14 #147B18

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0B46 #4C147B #6D1DB0 #8C2DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#4C147B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4C147B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C147B

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C147B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C147B	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c147b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.159 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa2',
    500: '#4c147b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c147b;
$custom-light: #835aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c147b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.621,
    "s": 72.028,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3465,
    "c": 0.15912,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C147B

secondary

#70B13A

accent

#EF398C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C147B

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

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