#4C1180#4C1180

#4C1180 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.167 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1180
RGB	rgb(76, 17, 128)
HSL	hsl(272, 77%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 86.7%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.93, 46.85, -49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.93, 68.26, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0877 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.167 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0763, 3.4959, 20.7199)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.79

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1180 #458011

analogous

#141180 #4C1180 #80117C

triadic

#4C1180 #804C11 #11804C

tetradic

#4C1180 #801411 #458011 #117C80

square

#4C1180 #801411 #458011 #117C80

split-complementary

#4C1180 #7C8011 #118014

monochromatic

#10041B #2C0A4A #4C1180 #6C18B6 #8C29E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#4C1180 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4C1180 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1180

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1180	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1180	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1180;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 17, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.167 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a6',
    500: '#4c1180',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1180;
$custom-light: #8459a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1180",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.892,
    "s": 76.552,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34866,
    "c": 0.1668,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1180

secondary

#72B637

accent

#F3358E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1180

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

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