#4C1769#4C1769

#4C1769 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.137 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1769
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 105)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.6%, 78.1%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 39.03, -36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 53.67, 316.65°)
OKLab	oklab(33.39% 0.089 -0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(33.39% 0.137 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8362, 3.1693, 13.6662)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1769 #346917

analogous

#231769 #4C1769 #69175D

triadic

#4C1769 #694C17 #17694C

tetradic

#4C1769 #692317 #346917 #175D69

square

#4C1769 #692317 #346917 #175D69

split-complementary

#4C1769 #5D6917 #176923

monochromatic

#120519 #280C37 #4C1769 #70229B #952DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#4C1769 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#4C1769 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1769

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1769	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1769	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1769;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.137 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825a94',
    500: '#4c1769',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1769;
$custom-light: #825a94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1769",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.78,
    "s": 64.063,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33389,
    "c": 0.13716,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1769

secondary

#5F9F3D

accent

#E7417C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1769

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

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