#4C1689#4C1689

#4C1689 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.172 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1689
RGB	rgb(76, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.39, 47.31, -52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.39, 70.98, 311.81°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.081 -0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.172 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7816, 3.9163, 24.0080)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1689 #538916

analogous

#161989 #4C1689 #851689

triadic

#4C1689 #894C16 #16894C

tetradic

#4C1689 #891619 #538916 #168985

square

#4C1689 #891619 #538916 #168985

split-complementary

#4C1689 #898516 #198916

monochromatic

#110520 #2F0E54 #4C1689 #691EBE #883ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4C1689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4C1689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1689

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1689	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00388C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3751

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.172 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855bac',
    500: '#4c1689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1689;
$custom-light: #855bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.174,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36139,
    "c": 0.17182,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1689

secondary

#81BD3E

accent

#EF3999

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1689

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

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