#4C1580#4C1580

#4C1580 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.163 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1580
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(271, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 83.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 45.44, -48.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 66.71, 312.93°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% 0.0848 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.163 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1440, 3.6313, 20.7424)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1580 #498015

analogous

#171580 #4C1580 #80157F

triadic

#4C1580 #804C15 #15804C

tetradic

#4C1580 #801715 #498015 #157F80

square

#4C1580 #801715 #498015 #157F80

split-complementary

#4C1580 #7F8015 #158017

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C4B #4C1580 #6B1EB5 #8A32DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4C1580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4C1580 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1580

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1580	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.163 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa6',
    500: '#4c1580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1580;
$custom-light: #845aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.841,
    "s": 71.812,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.352,
    "c": 0.16335,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1580

secondary

#77B53C

accent

#EF3991

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1580

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

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