#4C2170#4C2170

#4C2170 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.132 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2170
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 112)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.98, 35.91, -37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.98, 52.08, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.18% 0.0766 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(35.18% 0.132 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4483, 3.7941, 15.7187)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2170 #457021

analogous

#242170 #4C2170 #70216C

triadic

#4C2170 #704C21 #21704C

tetradic

#4C2170 #702421 #457021 #216C70

square

#4C2170 #702421 #457021 #216C70

split-complementary

#4C2170 #6C7021 #217024

monochromatic

#100718 #2C1341 #4C2170 #6C2F9F #8C44C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#4C2170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4C2170 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2170

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2170	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09376E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.132 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81609a',
    500: '#4c2170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2170;
$custom-light: #81609a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.658,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35178,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2170

secondary

#72A449

accent

#DE4A8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2170

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

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