#4C157F#4C157F

#4C157F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.162 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C157F
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 83.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 45.19, -48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 66.19, 313.05°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0851 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.162 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0785, 3.6051, 20.3975)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.38

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C157F #487F15

analogous

#17157F #4C157F #7F157D

triadic

#4C157F #7F4C15 #157F4C

tetradic

#4C157F #7F1715 #487F15 #157D7F

square

#4C157F #7F1715 #487F15 #157D7F

split-complementary

#4C157F #7D7F15 #157F17

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4A #4C157F #6B1EB4 #8A31DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#4C157F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C157F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C157F

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C157F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C157F	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c157f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.162 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa5',
    500: '#4c157f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c157f;
$custom-light: #845aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c157f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 71.622,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35107,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C157F

secondary

#76B43C

accent

#EE3990

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C157F

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

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