#4C1257#4C1257

#4C1257 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.125 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1257
RGB	rgb(76, 18, 87)
HSL	hsl(290, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(290, 79%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 79.3%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.62, 37.09, -28.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.62, 46.66, 322.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.47% 0.0969 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(31.47% 0.125 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9169, 2.6575, 9.2689)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1257 #1D5712

analogous

#291257 #4C1257 #57123F

triadic

#4C1257 #574C12 #12574C

tetradic

#4C1257 #572912 #1D5712 #123F57

square

#4C1257 #572912 #1D5712 #123F57

split-complementary

#4C1257 #3F5712 #125729

monochromatic

#160519 #200824 #4C1257 #781C8A #A527BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#4C1257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#4C1257 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1257

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1257	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)

#002959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2F55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C1F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 18, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.125 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815787',
    500: '#4c1257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1257;
$custom-light: #815787;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.435,
    "s": 65.714,
    "l": 20.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31474,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1257

secondary

#449035

accent

#E93F5A

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9EF

border

#CAC5CA

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1257

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

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