#4C158D#4C158D

#4C158D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.177 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C158D
RGB	rgb(76, 21, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 85%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 85.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 48.69, -54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 73.43, 311.53°)
OKLab	oklab(36.44% 0.0802 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(36.44% 0.177 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.0551, 3.9957, 25.5410)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C158D #568D15

analogous

#151A8D #4C158D #88158D

triadic

#4C158D #8D4C15 #158D4C

tetradic

#4C158D #8D151A #568D15 #158D88

square

#4C158D #8D151A #568D15 #158D88

split-complementary

#4C158D #8D8815 #1A8D15

monochromatic

#130522 #2F0D58 #4C158D #691DC2 #873BE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4C158D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4C158D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C158D

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C158D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C158D	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c158d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 21, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.177 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865baf',
    500: '#4c158d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c158d;
$custom-light: #865baf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c158d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.5,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3644,
    "c": 0.17682,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C158D

secondary

#84C13D

accent

#F1379C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C158D

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

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