#4C0E59#4C0E59

#4C0E59 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.132 H 319.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C0E59
RGB	rgb(76, 14, 89)
HSL	hsl(290, 73%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(290, 84%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 84.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.24, 39.01, -30.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.24, 49.36, 322.21°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% 0.1006 -0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.132 319.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.9405, 2.5721, 9.6855)
Luminance	0.0257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C0E59 #1B590E

analogous

#260E59 #4C0E59 #590E40

triadic

#4C0E59 #594C0E #0E594C

tetradic

#4C0E59 #59260E #1B590E #0E4059

square

#4C0E59 #59260E #1B590E #0E4059

split-complementary

#4C0E59 #40590E #0E5926

monochromatic

#17041A #1F0624 #4C0E59 #79168E #A61FC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.87

#4C0E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#4C0E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C0E59

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C0E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C0E59	1.00	13.87	1.51	13.87
#FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#152F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c0e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 14, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.132 319.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815588',
    500: '#4c0e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c0e59;
$custom-light: #815588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c0e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.6,
    "s": 72.816,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31254,
    "c": 0.13163,
    "h": 319.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C0E59

secondary

#419330

accent

#F03858

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C0E59

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

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