#4C17A0#4C17A0

#4C17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.195 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C17A0
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(263, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.82, 52.82, -63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.82, 82.30, 309.93°)
OKLab	oklab(38.51% 0.0718 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(38.51% 0.195 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.6302, 4.6870, 33.6481)
Luminance	0.0469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C17A0 #6BA017

analogous

#1726A0 #4C17A0 #9017A0

triadic

#4C17A0 #A04C17 #17A04C

tetradic

#4C17A0 #A01726 #6BA017 #17A090

square

#4C17A0 #A01726 #6BA017 #17A090

split-complementary

#4C17A0 #A09017 #26A017

monochromatic

#190835 #330F6A #4C17A0 #651FD6 #874CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.84

#4C17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#4C17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C17A0

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C17A0	1.00	10.84	1.94	10.84
#FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.195 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#885ebd',
    500: '#4c17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c17a0;
$custom-light: #885ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.212,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38507,
    "c": 0.19508,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C17A0

secondary

#97C74C

accent

#F136A9

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C17A0

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

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