#4C156D#4C156D

#4C156D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.144 H 308.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C156D
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 109)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.3%, 80.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.74, 40.82, -39.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.74, 56.73, 316.01°)
OKLab	oklab(33.51% 0.0902 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(33.51% 0.144 308.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0084, 3.1771, 14.7617)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C156D #366D15

analogous

#20156D #4C156D #6D1562

triadic

#4C156D #6D4C15 #156D4C

tetradic

#4C156D #6D2015 #366D15 #15626D

square

#4C156D #6D2015 #366D15 #15626D

split-complementary

#4C156D #626D15 #156D20

monochromatic

#12051A #280B3A #4C156D #701FA0 #9429D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#4C156D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4C156D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C156D

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C156D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C156D	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c156d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.144 308.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825997',
    500: '#4c156d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c156d;
$custom-light: #825997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c156d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 67.692,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33513,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 308.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C156D

secondary

#62A33A

accent

#EB3D7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C156D

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

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