#4C217B#4C217B

#4C217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.144 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C217B
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.85, 38.80, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.85, 58.17, 311.84°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0749 -0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.144 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0986, 4.0542, 19.1436)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C217B #507B21

analogous

#21237B #4C217B #79217B

triadic

#4C217B #7B4C21 #217B4C

tetradic

#4C217B #7B2123 #507B21 #217B79

square

#4C217B #7B2123 #507B21 #217B79

split-complementary

#4C217B #7B7921 #237B21

monochromatic

#10071A #2E144B #4C217B #6A2EAB #8848CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4C217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4C217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C217B

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C217B	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.144 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a2',
    500: '#4c217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c217b;
$custom-light: #8360a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.667,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36075,
    "c": 0.14444,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C217B

secondary

#7EAE4A

accent

#E14797

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C217B

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

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