#4C147E#4C147E

#4C147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.162 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C147E
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.10, 45.32, -48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.10, 66.08, 313.30°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0862 -0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.162 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9956, 3.5431, 20.0500)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C147E #467E14

analogous

#17147E #4C147E #7E147B

triadic

#4C147E #7E4C14 #147E4C

tetradic

#4C147E #7E1714 #467E14 #147B7E

square

#4C147E #7E1714 #467E14 #147B7E

split-complementary

#4C147E #7B7E14 #147E17

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C49 #4C147E #6C1CB3 #8B2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#4C147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C147E

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C147E	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.162 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa4',
    500: '#4c147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c147e;
$custom-light: #845aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.698,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34926,
    "c": 0.16221,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C147E

secondary

#73B33A

accent

#EF388F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C147E

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

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