#4C217D#4C217D

#4C217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.147 H 300.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C217D
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.01, 39.33, -44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.01, 59.27, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0745 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.147 300.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2251, 4.1048, 19.8097)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C217D #527D21

analogous

#21247D #4C217D #7A217D

triadic

#4C217D #7D4C21 #217D4C

tetradic

#4C217D #7D2124 #527D21 #217D7A

square

#4C217D #7D2124 #527D21 #217D7A

split-complementary

#4C217D #7D7A21 #247D21

monochromatic

#11071C #2F144D #4C217D #692EAD #8849CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.53

#4C217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4C217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C217D

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C217D	1.00	11.53	1.82	11.53
#FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.147 300.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a3',
    500: '#4c217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c217d;
$custom-light: #8360a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.043,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36244,
    "c": 0.14677,
    "h": 300.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C217D

secondary

#80B04A

accent

#E14699

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C217D

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

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