#4C2174#4C2174

#4C2174 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.136 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2174
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 116)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 71.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.29, 36.95, -39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.29, 54.30, 312.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0761 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.136 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6760, 3.8852, 16.9178)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2174 #497421

analogous

#222174 #4C2174 #742173

triadic

#4C2174 #744C21 #21744C

tetradic

#4C2174 #742221 #497421 #217374

square

#4C2174 #742221 #497421 #217374

split-complementary

#4C2174 #737421 #217422

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1344 #4C2174 #6B2FA4 #8A45CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4C2174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4C2174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2174

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2174	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.136 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609d',
    500: '#4c2174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2174;
$custom-light: #82609d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.084,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35497,
    "c": 0.13626,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2174

secondary

#77A749

accent

#DF4991

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2174

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

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