#4C156E#4C156E

#4C156E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.145 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C156E
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.9%, 80.9%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.82, 41.06, -39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.82, 57.26, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(33.6% 0.0899 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(33.6% 0.145 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0625, 3.1987, 15.0469)
Luminance	0.0320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C156E #376E15

analogous

#20156E #4C156E #6E1563

triadic

#4C156E #6E4C15 #156E4C

tetradic

#4C156E #6E2015 #376E15 #15636E

square

#4C156E #6E2015 #376E15 #15636E

split-complementary

#4C156E #636E15 #156E20

monochromatic

#12051A #280B3B #4C156E #701FA1 #9329D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#4C156E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4C156E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C156E

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C156E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C156E	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472B41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c156e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.145 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825998',
    500: '#4c156e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c156e;
$custom-light: #825998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c156e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.079,
    "s": 67.939,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33597,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C156E

secondary

#63A43A

accent

#EB3D7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C156E

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

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