#4C156B#4C156B

#4C156B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.142 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C156B
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 107)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 80.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.57, 40.35, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.57, 55.68, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% 0.0906 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.142 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9020, 3.1345, 14.2012)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C156B #346B15

analogous

#21156B #4C156B #6B155F

triadic

#4C156B #6B4C15 #156B4C

tetradic

#4C156B #6B2115 #346B15 #155F6B

square

#4C156B #6B2115 #346B15 #155F6B

split-complementary

#4C156B #5F6B15 #156B21

monochromatic

#12051A #280B38 #4C156B #701F9E #9529D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#4C156B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4C156B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C156B

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C156B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C156B	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c156b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.142 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825996',
    500: '#4c156b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c156b;
$custom-light: #825996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c156b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.372,
    "s": 67.188,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33345,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C156B

secondary

#5FA23A

accent

#EA3E7C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C156B

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

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