#4C175D#4C175D

#4C175D is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.125 H 316.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C175D
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 93)
HSL	hsl(285, 60%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(285, 75%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.80, 36.25, -30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.80, 47.32, 320.01°)
OKLab	oklab(32.46% 0.0907 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(32.46% 0.125 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.2624, 2.9398, 10.6440)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C175D #285D17

analogous

#29175D #4C175D #5D174B

triadic

#4C175D #5D4C17 #175D4C

tetradic

#4C175D #5D2917 #285D17 #174B5D

square

#4C175D #5D2917 #285D17 #174B5D

split-complementary

#4C175D #4B5D17 #175D29

monochromatic

#140619 #240B2C #4C175D #74238E #9C2FBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.22

#4C175D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#4C175D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C175D

13.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C175D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C175D	1.00	13.22	1.59	13.22
#FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18315B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c175d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.125 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81598b',
    500: '#4c175d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c175d;
$custom-light: #81598b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c175d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.429,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32455,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C175D

secondary

#51943C

accent

#E3446B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C175D

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

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