#4C156C#4C156C

#4C156C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.143 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C156C
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 108)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 80.6%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.66, 40.58, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.66, 56.20, 316.22°)
OKLab	oklab(33.43% 0.0904 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(33.43% 0.143 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.9549, 3.1557, 14.4799)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C156C #356C15

analogous

#20156C #4C156C #6C1560

triadic

#4C156C #6C4C15 #156C4C

tetradic

#4C156C #6C2015 #356C15 #15606C

square

#4C156C #6C2015 #356C15 #15606C

split-complementary

#4C156C #606C15 #156C20

monochromatic

#12051A #280B39 #4C156C #701F9F #9429D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#4C156C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4C156C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C156C

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C156C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C156C	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00326A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472A40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c156c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.143 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825997',
    500: '#4c156c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c156c;
$custom-light: #825997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c156c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.931,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33428,
    "c": 0.14264,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C156C

secondary

#61A33A

accent

#EA3D7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C156C

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

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