#4C2172#4C2172

#4C2172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.134 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2172
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.13, 36.43, -38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.13, 53.19, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0763 -0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.134 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.5609, 3.8392, 16.3117)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2172 #477221

analogous

#242172 #4C2172 #722170

triadic

#4C2172 #724C21 #21724C

tetradic

#4C2172 #722421 #477221 #217072

square

#4C2172 #722421 #477221 #217072

split-complementary

#4C2172 #707221 #217224

monochromatic

#100718 #2C1343 #4C2172 #6C2FA1 #8B44C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.88

#4C2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4C2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2172

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2172	1.00	11.88	1.77	11.88
#FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.134 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609b',
    500: '#4c2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2172;
$custom-light: #82609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.852,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35337,
    "c": 0.13391,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2172

secondary

#75A549

accent

#DE498F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2172

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

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