#4C156F#4C156F

#4C156F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.146 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C156F
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 111)
HSL	hsl(277, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.5%, 81.1%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.91, 41.30, -40.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.91, 57.79, 315.61°)
OKLab	oklab(33.68% 0.0897 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(33.68% 0.146 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.1173, 3.2206, 15.3352)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C156F #386F15

analogous

#1F156F #4C156F #6F1565

triadic

#4C156F #6F4C15 #156F4C

tetradic

#4C156F #6F1F15 #386F15 #15656F

square

#4C156F #6F1F15 #386F15 #15656F

split-complementary

#4C156F #656F15 #156F1F

monochromatic

#12051A #290B3C #4C156F #6F1FA2 #9228D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#4C156F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4C156F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C156F

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C156F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C156F	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003071

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c156f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.146 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825999',
    500: '#4c156f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c156f;
$custom-light: #825999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c156f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33682,
    "c": 0.14574,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C156F

secondary

#64A53A

accent

#EB3D81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C156F

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

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