#4C176C#4C176C

#4C176C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.140 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C176C
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 108)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 78.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.95, 39.74, -38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.95, 55.27, 315.98°)
OKLab	oklab(33.64% 0.0884 -0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(33.64% 0.14 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.9931, 3.2321, 14.4926)
Luminance	0.0323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C176C #376C17

analogous

#22176C #4C176C #6C1761

triadic

#4C176C #6C4C17 #176C4C

tetradic

#4C176C #6C2217 #376C17 #17616C

square

#4C176C #6C2217 #376C17 #17616C

split-complementary

#4C176C #616C17 #176C22

monochromatic

#120519 #280C3A #4C176C #70229E #932CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.76

#4C176C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4C176C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C176C

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C176C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C176C	1.00	12.76	1.65	12.76
#FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c176c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.140 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a97',
    500: '#4c176c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c176c;
$custom-light: #825a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c176c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.412,
    "s": 64.885,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33635,
    "c": 0.14032,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C176C

secondary

#63A23D

accent

#E8407F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C176C

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

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