#4C1259#4C1259

#4C1259 is a dark, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.127 H 319.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1259
RGB	rgb(76, 18, 89)
HSL	hsl(289, 66%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(289, 80%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.76, 37.52, -29.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.76, 47.67, 321.91°)
OKLab	oklab(31.62% 0.0967 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(31.62% 0.127 319.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9997, 2.6906, 9.7052)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1259 #1F5912

analogous

#281259 #4C1259 #591242

triadic

#4C1259 #594C12 #12594C

tetradic

#4C1259 #592812 #1F5912 #124259

square

#4C1259 #592812 #1F5912 #124259

split-complementary

#4C1259 #425912 #125928

monochromatic

#160519 #210826 #4C1259 #771C8C #A327BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.65

#4C1259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#4C1259 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1259

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1259	1.00	13.65	1.54	13.65
#FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#183057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4C2034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 18, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.127 319.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815788',
    500: '#4c1259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1259;
$custom-light: #815788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.014,
    "s": 66.355,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31621,
    "c": 0.12708,
    "h": 319.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1259

secondary

#469235

accent

#E93F5E

background

#F8F5F8

surface

#EFE9F0

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B030B

muted

#7C787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1259

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

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