#4C187D#4C187D

#4C187D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.157 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C187D
RGB	rgb(76, 24, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 80.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 43.50, -46.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 63.84, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0833 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.157 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.0079, 3.6704, 19.7373)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.96

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C187D #497D18

analogous

#1A187D #4C187D #7D187C

triadic

#4C187D #7D4C18 #187D4C

tetradic

#4C187D #7D1A18 #497D18 #187C7D

square

#4C187D #7D1A18 #497D18 #187C7D

split-complementary

#4C187D #7C7D18 #187D1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0E4A #4C187D #6B22B0 #8A37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#4C187D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4C187D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C187D

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C187D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C187D	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	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: #4c187d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 24, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.157 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca3',
    500: '#4c187d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c187d;
$custom-light: #835ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c187d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.891,
    "s": 67.785,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35212,
    "c": 0.15725,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.0367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C187D

secondary

#77B23F

accent

#EB3D91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C187D

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

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