#4C197B#4C197B

#4C197B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.154 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C197B
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.52, 42.57, -45.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.52, 62.31, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0829 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.154 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9024, 3.6618, 19.0782)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C197B #487B19

analogous

#1B197B #4C197B #7B1979

triadic

#4C197B #7B4C19 #197B4C

tetradic

#4C197B #7B1B19 #487B19 #19797B

square

#4C197B #7B1B19 #487B19 #19797B

split-complementary

#4C197B #797B19 #197B1B

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F48 #4C197B #6B23AE #8A38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#4C197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4C197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C197B

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C197B	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.154 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca2',
    500: '#4c197b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c197b;
$custom-light: #835ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.224,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35136,
    "c": 0.15404,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C197B

secondary

#76AF40

accent

#E93F90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C197B

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

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