#4C177D#4C177D

#4C177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.158 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C177D
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 43.91, -46.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 64.29, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0841 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.158 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9877, 3.6299, 19.7306)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C177D #487D17

analogous

#19177D #4C177D #7D177B

triadic

#4C177D #7D4C17 #177D4C

tetradic

#4C177D #7D1917 #487D17 #177B7D

square

#4C177D #7D1917 #487D17 #177B7D

split-complementary

#4C177D #7B7D17 #177D19

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0D49 #4C177D #6B21B1 #8A35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4C177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4C177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C177D

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C177D	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.158 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba3',
    500: '#4c177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c177d;
$custom-light: #835ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.176,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35112,
    "c": 0.15828,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C177D

secondary

#76B23E

accent

#EC3C90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C177D

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

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