#4C1156#4C1156

#4C1156 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.125 H 321.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1156
RGB	rgb(76, 17, 86)
HSL	hsl(291, 67%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(291, 80%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 80.2%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.41, 37.28, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.41, 46.60, 323.13°)
OKLab	oklab(31.3% 0.098 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(31.3% 0.125 321.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8605, 2.6096, 9.0500)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1156 #1B5611

analogous

#291156 #4C1156 #56113E

triadic

#4C1156 #564C11 #11564C

tetradic

#4C1156 #562911 #1B5611 #113E56

square

#4C1156 #562911 #1B5611 #113E56

split-complementary

#4C1156 #3E5611 #115629

monochromatic

#17051A #1F0723 #4C1156 #791B89 #A625BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.80

#4C1156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#4C1156 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1156

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1156	1.00	13.80	1.52	13.80
#FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2F54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4D1E33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 17, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.125 321.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815686',
    500: '#4c1156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1156;
$custom-light: #815686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.304,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31302,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 321.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1156

secondary

#418F34

accent

#EA3E57

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1156

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

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