#4C1281#4C1281

#4C1281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.167 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1281
RGB	rgb(76, 18, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 46.76, -49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 68.41, 313.12°)
OKLab	oklab(35.04% 0.0866 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(35.04% 0.167 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1583, 3.5540, 21.0735)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1281 #478112

analogous

#141281 #4C1281 #81127F

triadic

#4C1281 #814C12 #12814C

tetradic

#4C1281 #811412 #478112 #127F81

square

#4C1281 #811412 #478112 #127F81

split-complementary

#4C1281 #7F8112 #128114

monochromatic

#10041B #2C0B4B #4C1281 #6C19B7 #8B2CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4C1281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C1281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1281

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1281	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 18, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.167 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8459a7',
    500: '#4c1281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1281;
$custom-light: #8459a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.351,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35039,
    "c": 0.167,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1281

secondary

#75B738

accent

#F23690

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1281

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

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