#4C1786#4C1786

#4C1786 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.168 H 299.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1786
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 134)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 82.8%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.24, 46.17, -51.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.24, 69.00, 312.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0813 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.168 299)
XYZ	xyz(7.5889, 3.8704, 22.8969)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1786 #518617

analogous

#171986 #4C1786 #831786

triadic

#4C1786 #864C17 #17864C

tetradic

#4C1786 #861719 #518617 #178683

square

#4C1786 #861719 #518617 #178683

split-complementary

#4C1786 #868317 #198617

monochromatic

#11051E #2E0E52 #4C1786 #6A20BA #883ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#4C1786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4C1786 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1786

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1786	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003789

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.168 299.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855caa',
    500: '#4c1786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1786;
$custom-light: #855caa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.649,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35945,
    "c": 0.16777,
    "h": 299
  },
  "luminance": 0.03871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1786

secondary

#7FBA3F

accent

#ED3A98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1786

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

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