#4C217C#4C217C

#4C217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.146 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C217C
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.7%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 39.06, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 58.72, 311.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.16% 0.0747 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(36.16% 0.146 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1615, 4.0794, 19.4750)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C217C #517C21

analogous

#21237C #4C217C #79217C

triadic

#4C217C #7C4C21 #217C4C

tetradic

#4C217C #7C2123 #517C21 #217C79

square

#4C217C #7C2123 #517C21 #217C79

split-complementary

#4C217C #7C7921 #237C21

monochromatic

#11071B #2E144C #4C217C #6A2EAC #8849CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4C217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4C217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C217C

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C217C	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.146 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a3',
    500: '#4c217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c217c;
$custom-light: #8360a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.352,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36159,
    "c": 0.1456,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C217C

secondary

#7FAF4A

accent

#E14798

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C217C

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

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