#4C1280#4C1280

#4C1280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.166 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1280
RGB	rgb(76, 18, 128)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 85.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 46.52, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 67.89, 313.25°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.087 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.166 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0921, 3.5276, 20.7251)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.92

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1280 #468012

analogous

#151280 #4C1280 #80127D

triadic

#4C1280 #804C12 #12804C

tetradic

#4C1280 #801512 #468012 #127D80

square

#4C1280 #801512 #468012 #127D80

split-complementary

#4C1280 #7D8012 #128015

monochromatic

#10041B #2C0A4A #4C1280 #6C1AB6 #8B2BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4C1280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C1280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1280

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1280	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 18, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.166 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a6',
    500: '#4c1280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1280;
$custom-light: #8459a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.636,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34945,
    "c": 0.16598,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1280

secondary

#73B638

accent

#F2368F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1280

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

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