#4C1772#4C1772

#4C1772 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.147 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1772
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 79.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.45, 41.19, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.45, 58.46, 314.80°)
OKLab	oklab(34.14% 0.0871 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(34.14% 0.147 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3235, 3.3643, 16.2326)
Luminance	0.0336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1772 #3D7217

analogous

#1F1772 #4C1772 #72176B

triadic

#4C1772 #724C17 #17724C

tetradic

#4C1772 #721F17 #3D7217 #176B72

square

#4C1772 #721F17 #3D7217 #176B72

split-complementary

#4C1772 #6B7217 #17721F

monochromatic

#110519 #2A0D3F #4C1772 #6E21A5 #8F2ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.55

#4C1772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4C1772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1772

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1772	1.00	12.55	1.67	12.55
#FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.147 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b9b',
    500: '#4c1772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1772;
$custom-light: #825b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.945,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34141,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1772

secondary

#6AA83D

accent

#E93E86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1772

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

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