#4C156A#4C156A

#4C156A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.141 H 310.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C156A
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 106)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.3%, 80.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.49, 40.11, -37.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.49, 55.15, 316.66°)
OKLab	oklab(33.26% 0.0908 -0.1073)
OKLCH	oklch(33.26% 0.141 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8497, 3.1136, 13.9257)
Luminance	0.0311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C156A #336A15

analogous

#22156A #4C156A #6A155D

triadic

#4C156A #6A4C15 #156A4C

tetradic

#4C156A #6A2215 #336A15 #155D6A

square

#4C156A #6A2215 #336A15 #155D6A

split-complementary

#4C156A #5D6A15 #156A22

monochromatic

#12051A #270B37 #4C156A #711F9D #9529D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.94

#4C156A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4C156A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C156A

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C156A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C156A	1.00	12.94	1.62	12.94
#FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48293F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c156a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.141 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825995',
    500: '#4c156a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c156a;
$custom-light: #825995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c156a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.824,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33262,
    "c": 0.14058,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C156A

secondary

#5EA13A

accent

#EA3E7B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C156A

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

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