#4C1159#4C1159

#4C1159 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.128 H 319.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1159
RGB	rgb(76, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(289, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.62, 37.91, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.62, 48.12, 321.99°)
OKLab	oklab(31.52% 0.0977 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(31.52% 0.128 319.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.9839, 2.6589, 9.7000)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1159 #1E5911

analogous

#281159 #4C1159 #591142

triadic

#4C1159 #594C11 #11594C

tetradic

#4C1159 #592811 #1E5911 #114259

square

#4C1159 #592811 #1E5911 #114259

split-complementary

#4C1159 #425911 #115928

monochromatic

#16051A #200726 #4C1159 #781B8C #A425C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#4C1159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4C1159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1159

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1159	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#172F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.128 319.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815688',
    500: '#4c1159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1159;
$custom-light: #815688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.167,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31524,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 319.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1159

secondary

#459234

accent

#EB3D5C

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1159

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

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