#4C1480#4C1480

#4C1480 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.164 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1480
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 84.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 45.81, -49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 67.12, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% 0.0855 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.164 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1260, 3.5953, 20.7364)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.19

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1480 #488014

analogous

#161480 #4C1480 #80147E

triadic

#4C1480 #804C14 #14804C

tetradic

#4C1480 #801614 #488014 #147E80

square

#4C1480 #801614 #488014 #147E80

split-complementary

#4C1480 #7E8014 #148016

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4B #4C1480 #6B1CB5 #8A30DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4C1480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C1480 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1480

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1480	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.164 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa6',
    500: '#4c1480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1480;
$custom-light: #845aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.111,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35112,
    "c": 0.16425,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1480

secondary

#76B53B

accent

#F03891

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1480

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

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