#4C197D#4C197D

#4C197D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.156 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C197D
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 125)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 80%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 43.07, -46.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 63.37, 312.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% 0.0824 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.156 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0289, 3.7124, 19.7443)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C197D #4A7D19

analogous

#1A197D #4C197D #7D197C

triadic

#4C197D #7D4C19 #197D4C

tetradic

#4C197D #7D1A19 #4A7D19 #197C7D

square

#4C197D #7D1A19 #4A7D19 #197C7D

split-complementary

#4C197D #7C7D19 #197D1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0F4A #4C197D #6B23B0 #8A39D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4C197D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4C197D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C197D

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C197D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C197D	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c197d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.156 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca3',
    500: '#4c197d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c197d;
$custom-light: #835ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c197d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.6,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35314,
    "c": 0.15619,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C197D

secondary

#78B140

accent

#EA3E92

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C197D

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

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