#4C2175#4C2175

#4C2175 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.137 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2175
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 117)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 71.8%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 37.21, -40.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 54.85, 312.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0759 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.137 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7345, 3.9086, 17.2258)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2175 #4A7521

analogous

#222175 #4C2175 #752174

triadic

#4C2175 #754C21 #21754C

tetradic

#4C2175 #752221 #4A7521 #217475

square

#4C2175 #752221 #4A7521 #217475

split-complementary

#4C2175 #747521 #217522

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1445 #4C2175 #6B2EA5 #8A46CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4C2175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4C2175 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2175

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2175	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.137 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609d',
    500: '#4c2175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2175;
$custom-light: #82609d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35578,
    "c": 0.13743,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2175

secondary

#78A84A

accent

#DF4992

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2175

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

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