#4C157B#4C157B

#4C157B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.158 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C157B
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 82.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 44.20, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 64.10, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0864 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.158 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8230, 3.5029, 19.0517)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C157B #447B15

analogous

#19157B #4C157B #7B1577

triadic

#4C157B #7B4C15 #157B4C

tetradic

#4C157B #7B1915 #447B15 #15777B

square

#4C157B #7B1915 #447B15 #15777B

split-complementary

#4C157B #777B15 #157B19

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C47 #4C157B #6C1EAF #8C2FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#4C157B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4C157B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C157B

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C157B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C157B	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c157b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.158 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa2',
    500: '#4c157b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c157b;
$custom-light: #835aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c157b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.353,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34741,
    "c": 0.15816,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C157B

secondary

#71B03B

accent

#EE3A8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C157B

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

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