#4C2157#4C2157

#4C2157 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.102 H 319.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2157
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 87)
HSL	hsl(288, 45%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(288, 62%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 62.1%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.25, 29.77, -24.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.25, 38.30, 321.02°)
OKLab	oklab(33.38% 0.0773 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(33.38% 0.102 319)
XYZ	xyz(5.2444, 3.3125, 9.3781)
Luminance	0.0331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2157 #2C5721

analogous

#312157 #4C2157 #572147

triadic

#4C2157 #574C21 #21574C

tetradic

#4C2157 #573121 #2C5721 #214757

square

#4C2157 #573121 #2C5721 #214757

split-complementary

#4C2157 #475721 #215731

monochromatic

#130816 #25102B #4C2157 #733283 #9A43B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.63

#4C2157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4C2157 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2157

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2157	1.00	12.63	1.66	12.63
#FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#153059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#243556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.102 319.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805f86',
    500: '#4c2157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2157;
$custom-light: #805f86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33377,
    "c": 0.10238,
    "h": 319
  },
  "luminance": 0.03312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2157

secondary

#568B49

accent

#D5536E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9EF

border

#C9C5CA

text

#0A050B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2157

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

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