#4C197C#4C197C

#4C197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.155 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C197C
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 42.82, -45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 62.84, 312.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0827 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.155 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9653, 3.6870, 19.4096)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C197C #497C19

analogous

#1B197C #4C197C #7C197B

triadic

#4C197C #7C4C19 #197C4C

tetradic

#4C197C #7C1B19 #497C19 #197B7C

square

#4C197C #7C1B19 #497C19 #197B7C

split-complementary

#4C197C #7B7C19 #197C1B

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F49 #4C197C #6B23AF #8A38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4C197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4C197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C197C

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C197C	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.155 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca3',
    500: '#4c197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c197c;
$custom-light: #835ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.909,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35225,
    "c": 0.15512,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C197C

secondary

#77B040

accent

#E93E91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C197C

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

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