#4C197A#4C197A

#4C197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.153 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C197A
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 42.32, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 61.78, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.05% 0.0832 -0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(35.05% 0.153 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8401, 3.6369, 18.7502)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.37

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C197A #477A19

analogous

#1C197A #4C197A #7A1978

triadic

#4C197A #7A4C19 #197A4C

tetradic

#4C197A #7A1C19 #477A19 #19787A

square

#4C197A #7A1C19 #477A19 #19787A

split-complementary

#4C197A #787A19 #197A1C

monochromatic

#100519 #2C0F47 #4C197A #6C23AD #8B37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#4C197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4C197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C197A

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C197A	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.153 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca1',
    500: '#4c197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c197a;
$custom-light: #835ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.546,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35047,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C197A

secondary

#75AF40

accent

#E93F90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C197A

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

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