#4C176D#4C176D

#4C176D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.141 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C176D
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 78.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.03, 39.98, -38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.03, 55.80, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.72% 0.0882 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(33.72% 0.141 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0466, 3.2535, 14.7745)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C176D #386D17

analogous

#21176D #4C176D #6D1763

triadic

#4C176D #6D4C17 #176D4C

tetradic

#4C176D #6D2117 #386D17 #17636D

square

#4C176D #6D2117 #386D17 #17636D

split-complementary

#4C176D #636D17 #176D21

monochromatic

#120519 #290C3A #4C176D #6F22A0 #922CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4C176D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4C176D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C176D

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C176D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C176D	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c176d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.141 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a97',
    500: '#4c176d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c176d;
$custom-light: #825a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c176d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.977,
    "s": 65.152,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33718,
    "c": 0.14137,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C176D

secondary

#64A33D

accent

#E84080

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C176D

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

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