#4C177B#4C177B

#4C177B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.156 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C177B
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 81.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.23, 43.41, -45.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.23, 63.23, 313.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0847 -0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.156 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8612, 3.5793, 19.0645)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C177B #467B17

analogous

#1A177B #4C177B #7B1778

triadic

#4C177B #7B4C17 #177B4C

tetradic

#4C177B #7B1A17 #467B17 #17787B

square

#4C177B #7B1A17 #467B17 #17787B

split-complementary

#4C177B #787B17 #177B1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D47 #4C177B #6C21AF #8B33D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4C177B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C177B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C177B

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C177B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C177B	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c177b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.156 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba2',
    500: '#4c177b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c177b;
$custom-light: #835ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c177b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.8,
    "s": 68.493,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34932,
    "c": 0.15616,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C177B

secondary

#73B03E

accent

#EB3C8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C177B

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

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