#4C1687#4C1687

#4C1687 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.170 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1687
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 135)
HSL	hsl(269, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 46.81, -51.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 69.94, 312.01°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0817 -0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.17 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6394, 3.8595, 23.2594)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1687 #518716

analogous

#161887 #4C1687 #841687

triadic

#4C1687 #874C16 #16874C

tetradic

#4C1687 #871618 #518716 #168784

square

#4C1687 #871618 #518716 #168784

split-complementary

#4C1687 #878416 #188716

monochromatic

#11051E #2E0D52 #4C1687 #6A1FBC #8839DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4C1687 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4C1687 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1687

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1687	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1687	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00378A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003685

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1687;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.170 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855bab',
    500: '#4c1687',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1687;
$custom-light: #855bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1687",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.673,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35948,
    "c": 0.16973,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1687

secondary

#7FBB3E

accent

#EF3998

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1687

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

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