#4C177F#4C177F

#4C177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.160 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C177F
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.59, 44.41, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.59, 65.34, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0835 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.16 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1167, 3.6816, 20.4102)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C177F #4A7F17

analogous

#18177F #4C177F #7F177E

triadic

#4C177F #7F4C17 #177F4C

tetradic

#4C177F #7F1817 #4A7F17 #177E7F

square

#4C177F #7F1817 #4A7F17 #177E7F

split-complementary

#4C177F #7E7F17 #177F18

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0E4B #4C177F #6B20B3 #8A36DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4C177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4C177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C177F

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C177F	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.160 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba5',
    500: '#4c177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c177f;
$custom-light: #845ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.577,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35295,
    "c": 0.16039,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C177F

secondary

#78B43E

accent

#EC3C92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C177F

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

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