#4C1572#4C1572

#4C1572 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.149 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1572
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(275, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 81.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.16, 42.01, -41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.16, 59.37, 315.04°)
OKLab	oklab(33.94% 0.0889 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(33.94% 0.149 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2853, 3.2878, 16.2198)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1572 #3B7215

analogous

#1E1572 #4C1572 #72156A

triadic

#4C1572 #724C15 #15724C

tetradic

#4C1572 #721E15 #3B7215 #156A72

square

#4C1572 #721E15 #3B7215 #156A72

split-complementary

#4C1572 #6A7215 #15721E

monochromatic

#11051A #2A0B3E #4C1572 #6E1FA6 #912AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#4C1572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4C1572 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1572

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1572	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.149 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a9b',
    500: '#4c1572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1572;
$custom-light: #825a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.484,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33941,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1572

secondary

#67A83B

accent

#EC3C84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1572

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

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