#4C176B#4C176B

#4C176B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.139 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C176B
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 107)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 78.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.87, 39.50, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.87, 54.74, 316.19°)
OKLab	oklab(33.55% 0.0886 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(33.55% 0.139 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.9402, 3.2109, 14.2139)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C176B #366B17

analogous

#22176B #4C176B #6B1760

triadic

#4C176B #6B4C17 #176B4C

tetradic

#4C176B #6B2217 #366B17 #17606B

square

#4C176B #6B2217 #366B17 #17606B

split-complementary

#4C176B #606B17 #176B22

monochromatic

#120519 #280C39 #4C176B #70229D #942DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#4C176B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4C176B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C176B

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C176B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C176B	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c176b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.139 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a96',
    500: '#4c176b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c176b;
$custom-light: #825a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c176b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.857,
    "s": 64.615,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33553,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C176B

secondary

#62A13D

accent

#E8407E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C176B

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

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