#4C177E#4C177E

#4C177E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.159 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C177E
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 81.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 44.16, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 64.81, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0838 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.159 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0519, 3.6556, 20.0687)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C177E #497E17

analogous

#19177E #4C177E #7E177D

triadic

#4C177E #7E4C17 #177E4C

tetradic

#4C177E #7E1917 #497E17 #177D7E

square

#4C177E #7E1917 #497E17 #177D7E

split-complementary

#4C177E #7D7E17 #177E19

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0E4A #4C177E #6B20B2 #8A35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#4C177E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4C177E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C177E

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C177E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C177E	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c177e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.159 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba4',
    500: '#4c177e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c177e;
$custom-light: #845ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c177e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.874,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35203,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C177E

secondary

#77B33E

accent

#EC3C91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C177E

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

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