#4C1381#4C1381

#4C1381 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.166 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1381
RGB	rgb(76, 19, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 74%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 85%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 85.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 46.41, -49.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 68.03, 313.02°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.0859 -0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.166 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1748, 3.5872, 21.0790)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.02

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1381 #488113

analogous

#151381 #4C1381 #81137F

triadic

#4C1381 #814C13 #13814C

tetradic

#4C1381 #811513 #488113 #137F81

square

#4C1381 #811513 #488113 #137F81

split-complementary

#4C1381 #7F8113 #138115

monochromatic

#10041B #2D0B4C #4C1381 #6B1BB6 #8A2EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#4C1381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C1381 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1381

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1381	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 19, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.166 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa7',
    500: '#4c1381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1381;
$custom-light: #845aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.091,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35121,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1381

secondary

#76B63A

accent

#F13791

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1381

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

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