#4C177A#4C177A

#4C177A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.155 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C177A
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 81.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 43.16, -45.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 62.70, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.085 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.155 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7989, 3.5544, 18.7365)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C177A #457A17

analogous

#1A177A #4C177A #7A1776

triadic

#4C177A #7A4C17 #177A4C

tetradic

#4C177A #7A1A17 #457A17 #17767A

square

#4C177A #7A1A17 #457A17 #17767A

split-complementary

#4C177A #767A17 #177A1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D47 #4C177A #6C21AD #8C33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4C177A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C177A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C177A

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C177A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C177A	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c177a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.155 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba1',
    500: '#4c177a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c177a;
$custom-light: #835ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c177a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.121,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34842,
    "c": 0.1551,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C177A

secondary

#72AF3E

accent

#EB3D8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C177A

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

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