#4C1472#4C1472

#4C1472 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.150 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1472
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(276, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.03, 42.41, -42.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.03, 59.81, 315.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.85% 0.0898 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(33.85% 0.15 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.2672, 3.2518, 16.2138)
Luminance	0.0325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1472 #3A7214

analogous

#1D1472 #4C1472 #721469

triadic

#4C1472 #724C14 #14724C

tetradic

#4C1472 #721D14 #3A7214 #146972

square

#4C1472 #721D14 #3A7214 #146972

split-complementary

#4C1472 #697214 #14721D

monochromatic

#11051A #290B3E #4C1472 #6F1DA6 #9127D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4C1472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4C1472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1472

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1472	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.150 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83599b',
    500: '#4c1472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1472;
$custom-light: #83599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.745,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33845,
    "c": 0.14989,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1472

secondary

#66A839

accent

#ED3B83

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1472

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

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