#4C146D#4C146D

#4C146D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.145 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C146D
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 82%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 81.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.60, 41.22, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.60, 57.18, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(33.42% 0.0911 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(33.42% 0.145 309)
XYZ	xyz(5.9904, 3.1410, 14.7557)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C146D #356D14

analogous

#20146D #4C146D #6D1461

triadic

#4C146D #6D4C14 #146D4C

tetradic

#4C146D #6D2014 #356D14 #14616D

square

#4C146D #6D2014 #356D14 #14616D

split-complementary

#4C146D #616D14 #146D20

monochromatic

#12051A #280B39 #4C146D #701DA1 #9427D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.90

#4C146D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4C146D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C146D

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C146D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C146D	1.00	12.90	1.63	12.90
#FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c146d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.145 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825997',
    500: '#4c146d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c146d;
$custom-light: #825997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c146d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.753,
    "s": 68.992,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33415,
    "c": 0.14478,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.03141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C146D

secondary

#61A439

accent

#EC3C7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C146D

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

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