#4C147F#4C147F

#4C147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.163 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C147F
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.19, 45.56, -48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.19, 66.60, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0859 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.163 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0605, 3.5691, 20.3915)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C147F #477F14

analogous

#17147F #4C147F #7F147D

triadic

#4C147F #7F4C14 #147F4C

tetradic

#4C147F #7F1714 #477F14 #147D7F

square

#4C147F #7F1714 #477F14 #147D7F

split-complementary

#4C147F #7D7F14 #147F17

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C4A #4C147F #6C1CB4 #8B2FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4C147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C147F

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C147F	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.163 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa5',
    500: '#4c147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c147f;
$custom-light: #845aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.402,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35019,
    "c": 0.16323,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C147F

secondary

#75B43B

accent

#EF3890

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C147F

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

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