#4C176A#4C176A

#4C176A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.138 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C176A
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 106)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 78%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 78.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.79, 39.26, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.79, 54.20, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(33.47% 0.0888 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(33.47% 0.138 310)
XYZ	xyz(5.8879, 3.1900, 13.9384)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C176A #356A17

analogous

#22176A #4C176A #6A175E

triadic

#4C176A #6A4C17 #176A4C

tetradic

#4C176A #6A2217 #356A17 #175E6A

square

#4C176A #6A2217 #356A17 #175E6A

split-complementary

#4C176A #5E6A17 #176A22

monochromatic

#120519 #280C38 #4C176A #70229C #942DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#4C176A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4C176A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C176A

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C176A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C176A	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c176a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.138 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a95',
    500: '#4c176a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c176a;
$custom-light: #825a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c176a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.313,
    "s": 64.341,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33471,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.0319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C176A

secondary

#61A03D

accent

#E7407D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C176A

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

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