#4C157A#4C157A

#4C157A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.157 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C157A
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 82.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 43.96, -45.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 63.58, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0867 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.157 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7607, 3.4780, 18.7237)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C157A #437A15

analogous

#19157A #4C157A #7A1575

triadic

#4C157A #7A4C15 #157A4C

tetradic

#4C157A #7A1915 #437A15 #15757A

square

#4C157A #7A1915 #437A15 #15757A

split-complementary

#4C157A #757A15 #157A19

monochromatic

#10041A #2B0C46 #4C157A #6D1EAE #8C2EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.38

#4C157A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4C157A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C157A

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C157A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C157A	1.00	12.38	1.70	12.38
#FFFFFF	12.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.38	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: #4c157a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.157 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa1',
    500: '#4c157a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c157a;
$custom-light: #835aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c157a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.673,
    "s": 70.629,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3465,
    "c": 0.15713,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C157A

secondary

#70AF3B

accent

#ED3A8C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C157A

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

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