#4C197E#4C197E

#4C197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.157 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C197E
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 43.33, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 63.90, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.4% 0.0821 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(35.4% 0.157 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0931, 3.7381, 20.0824)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C197E #4B7E19

analogous

#1A197E #4C197E #7E197E

triadic

#4C197E #7E4C19 #197E4C

tetradic

#4C197E #7E1A19 #4B7E19 #197E7E

square

#4C197E #7E1A19 #4B7E19 #197E7E

split-complementary

#4C197E #7E7E19 #197E1A

monochromatic

#0F051A #2D0F4B #4C197E #6B23B1 #893AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4C197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4C197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C197E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C197E	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.157 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca4',
    500: '#4c197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c197e;
$custom-light: #835ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.297,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35404,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C197E

secondary

#79B241

accent

#EA3E93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C197E

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