#4C157E#4C157E

#4C157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.161 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C157E
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 44.94, -47.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 65.67, 313.18°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0854 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.161 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.0136, 3.5792, 20.0560)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.44

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C157E #477E15

analogous

#18157E #4C157E #7E157C

triadic

#4C157E #7E4C15 #157E4C

tetradic

#4C157E #7E1815 #477E15 #157C7E

square

#4C157E #7E1815 #477E15 #157C7E

split-complementary

#4C157E #7C7E15 #157E18

monochromatic

#10041A #2C0C4A #4C157E #6C1EB2 #8B31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4C157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C157E

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C157E	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.161 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa4',
    500: '#4c157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c157e;
$custom-light: #845aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35015,
    "c": 0.16128,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C157E

secondary

#75B33C

accent

#EE3A90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C157E

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

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