#4C175C#4C175C

#4C175C is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.124 H 317.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C175C
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 92)
HSL	hsl(286, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(286, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.4%, 75%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 36.03, -29.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 46.79, 320.35°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% 0.0908 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.124 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.2184, 2.9222, 10.4123)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C175C #275C17

analogous

#2A175C #4C175C #5C1749

triadic

#4C175C #5C4C17 #175C4C

tetradic

#4C175C #5C2A17 #275C17 #17495C

square

#4C175C #5C2A17 #275C17 #17495C

split-complementary

#4C175C #495C17 #175C2A

monochromatic

#140618 #240B2B #4C175C #74238D #9D2FBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.25

#4C175C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#4C175C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C175C

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C175C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C175C	1.00	13.25	1.58	13.25
#FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#19315A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c175c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.124 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81598a',
    500: '#4c175c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c175c;
$custom-light: #81598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c175c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.087,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32381,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C175C

secondary

#50933C

accent

#E34569

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C175C

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

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