#4C217E#4C217E

#4C217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.148 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C217E
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 39.59, -44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 59.81, 311.45°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0743 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.148 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2893, 4.1305, 20.1479)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C217E #537E21

analogous

#21247E #4C217E #7A217E

triadic

#4C217E #7E4C21 #217E4C

tetradic

#4C217E #7E2124 #537E21 #217E7A

square

#4C217E #7E2124 #537E21 #217E7A

split-complementary

#4C217E #7E7A21 #247E21

monochromatic

#11081D #2F144E #4C217E #692EAE #884AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#4C217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4C217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C217E

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C217E	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#41384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.148 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360a4',
    500: '#4c217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c217e;
$custom-light: #8360a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.742,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36329,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C217E

secondary

#81B14A

accent

#E2469A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C217E

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

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