#4C2173#4C2173

#4C2173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.135 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2173
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 115)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 36.69, -39.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 53.74, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.42% 0.0762 -0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(35.42% 0.135 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6182, 3.8620, 16.6131)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2173 #487321

analogous

#232173 #4C2173 #732171

triadic

#4C2173 #734C21 #21734C

tetradic

#4C2173 #732321 #487321 #217173

square

#4C2173 #732321 #487321 #217173

split-complementary

#4C2173 #717321 #217323

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1343 #4C2173 #6B2FA3 #8A45CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4C2173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4C2173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2173

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2173	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.135 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609c',
    500: '#4c2173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2173;
$custom-light: #82609c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.463,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35417,
    "c": 0.13509,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2173

secondary

#76A649

accent

#DF4990

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2173

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

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