#4C1481#4C1481

#4C1481 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.165 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1481
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 84.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 46.06, -49.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 67.64, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0852 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.165 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.1921, 3.6217, 21.0848)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1481 #498114

analogous

#161481 #4C1481 #811480

triadic

#4C1481 #814C14 #14814C

tetradic

#4C1481 #811614 #498114 #148081

square

#4C1481 #811614 #498114 #148081

split-complementary

#4C1481 #808114 #148116

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4C #4C1481 #6B1CB6 #8A30DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4C1481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C1481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1481

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1481	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	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: #4c1481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.165 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa7',
    500: '#4c1481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1481;
$custom-light: #845aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.826,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35205,
    "c": 0.16529,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.03622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1481

secondary

#77B63B

accent

#F03891

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1481

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

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