#4C1569#4C1569

#4C1569 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.140 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1569
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 105)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 80%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.41, 39.88, -37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.41, 54.62, 316.89°)
OKLab	oklab(33.18% 0.091 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(33.18% 0.14 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7980, 3.0929, 13.6534)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1569 #326915

analogous

#221569 #4C1569 #69155C

triadic

#4C1569 #694C15 #15694C

tetradic

#4C1569 #692215 #326915 #155C69

square

#4C1569 #692215 #326915 #155C69

split-complementary

#4C1569 #5C6915 #156922

monochromatic

#12051A #270B36 #4C1569 #711F9C #9629CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#4C1569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4C1569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1569

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1569	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48293E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.140 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825994',
    500: '#4c1569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1569;
$custom-light: #825994;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.286,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33179,
    "c": 0.13955,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1569

secondary

#5DA03A

accent

#EA3E79

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1569

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

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