#4C157D#4C157D

#4C157D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.160 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C157D
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 83.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 44.69, -47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 65.15, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0858 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.16 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9494, 3.5535, 19.7178)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.50

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C157D #467D15

analogous

#18157D #4C157D #7D157A

triadic

#4C157D #7D4C15 #157D4C

tetradic

#4C157D #7D1815 #467D15 #157A7D

square

#4C157D #7D1815 #467D15 #157A7D

split-complementary

#4C157D #7A7D15 #157D18

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C49 #4C157D #6C1EB1 #8B30DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4C157D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C157D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C157D

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C157D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C157D	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c157d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.160 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa4',
    500: '#4c157d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c157d;
$custom-light: #845aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c157d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.731,
    "s": 71.233,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34923,
    "c": 0.16024,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C157D

secondary

#73B23C

accent

#EE3A8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C157D

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

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