#4C148D#4C148D

#4C148D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.178 H 297.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C148D
RGB	rgb(76, 20, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 85.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 49.04, -55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 73.81, 311.63°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.0809 -0.1581)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.178 297.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.0371, 3.9597, 25.5350)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C148D #558D14

analogous

#14188D #4C148D #89148D

triadic

#4C148D #8D4C14 #148D4C

tetradic

#4C148D #8D1418 #558D14 #148D89

square

#4C148D #8D1418 #558D14 #148D89

split-complementary

#4C148D #8D8914 #188D14

monochromatic

#120522 #2F0C57 #4C148D #691CC3 #8739E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4C148D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4C148D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C148D

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C148D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C148D	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c148d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 20, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.178 297.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865baf',
    500: '#4c148d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c148d;
$custom-light: #865baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c148d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.769,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36358,
    "c": 0.17762,
    "h": 297.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C148D

secondary

#83C13C

accent

#F2369B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C148D

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

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