#4C197F#4C197F

#4C197F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.158 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C197F
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(270, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.2%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 43.58, -47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 64.43, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0818 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.158 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1579, 3.7640, 20.4240)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C197F #4C7F19

analogous

#19197F #4C197F #7F197F

triadic

#4C197F #7F4C19 #197F4C

tetradic

#4C197F #7F1919 #4C7F19 #197F7F

square

#4C197F #7F1919 #4C7F19 #197F7F

split-complementary

#4C197F #7F7F19 #197F19

monochromatic

#0F051A #2D0F4C #4C197F #6B23B2 #893AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#4C197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4C197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C197F

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C197F	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.158 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca5',
    500: '#4c197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c197f;
$custom-light: #845ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 67.105,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35494,
    "c": 0.15834,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C197F

secondary

#7AB341

accent

#EA3E94

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C197F

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