#4C157C#4C157C

#4C157C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.159 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C157C
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 83.1%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 44.45, -46.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 64.63, 313.46°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0861 -0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.159 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.8859, 3.5281, 19.3831)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.58

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C157C #457C15

analogous

#19157C #4C157C #7C1578

triadic

#4C157C #7C4C15 #157C4C

tetradic

#4C157C #7C1915 #457C15 #15787C

square

#4C157C #7C1915 #457C15 #15787C

split-complementary

#4C157C #787C15 #157C19

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C48 #4C157C #6C1EB0 #8C30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4C157C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C157C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C157C

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C157C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C157C	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c157c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.159 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835aa3',
    500: '#4c157c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c157c;
$custom-light: #835aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c157c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.039,
    "s": 71.034,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34832,
    "c": 0.1592,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C157C

secondary

#72B13C

accent

#EE3A8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C157C

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

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