#4C1059#4C1059

#4C1059 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.129 H 319.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1059
RGB	rgb(76, 16, 89)
HSL	hsl(289, 70%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(289, 82%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 82%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.49, 38.29, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.49, 48.55, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(31.43% 0.0987 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(31.43% 0.129 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9687, 2.6286, 9.6949)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1059 #1D5910

analogous

#271059 #4C1059 #591041

triadic

#4C1059 #594C10 #10594C

tetradic

#4C1059 #592710 #1D5910 #104159

square

#4C1059 #592710 #1D5910 #104159

split-complementary

#4C1059 #415910 #105927

monochromatic

#16051A #200725 #4C1059 #78198D #A523C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.77

#4C1059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4C1059 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1059

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1059	1.00	13.77	1.53	13.77
#FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1F34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 16, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.129 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815688',
    500: '#4c1059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1059;
$custom-light: #815688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.315,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3143,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1059

secondary

#449233

accent

#EC3B5B

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1059

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

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