#4C17B4#4C17B4

#4C17B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.216 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C17B4
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(260, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.96, 57.96, -71.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.96, 92.14, 308.98°)
OKLab	oklab(40.6% 0.0638 -0.2063)
OKLCH	oklch(40.6% 0.216 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.5226, 5.4439, 43.6148)
Luminance	0.0544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C17B4 #7FB417

analogous

#1730B4 #4C17B4 #9B17B4

triadic

#4C17B4 #B44C17 #17B44C

tetradic

#4C17B4 #B41730 #7FB417 #17B49B

square

#4C17B4 #B41730 #7FB417 #17B49B

split-complementary

#4C17B4 #B49B17 #30B417

monochromatic

#1E0947 #35107E #4C17B4 #6525E3 #8C5BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#4C17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4C17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C17B4

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C17B4	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174B6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.216 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b5fcc',
    500: '#4c17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c17b4;
$custom-light: #8b5fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.255,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40602,
    "c": 0.2159,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C17B4

secondary

#A6CE59

accent

#F434B3

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F2EAF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C17B4

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

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