#4C1885#4C1885

#4C1885 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.166 H 299.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1885
RGB	rgb(76, 24, 133)
HSL	hsl(269, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 82%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 45.52, -50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 68.05, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0808 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.166 299.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5397, 3.8831, 22.5380)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1885 #518518

analogous

#181A85 #4C1885 #821885

triadic

#4C1885 #854C18 #18854C

tetradic

#4C1885 #85181A #518518 #188582

square

#4C1885 #85181A #518518 #188582

split-complementary

#4C1885 #858218 #1A8518

monochromatic

#11051D #2E0F51 #4C1885 #6A21B9 #883CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4C1885 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4C1885 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1885

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1885	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1885	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003683

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E364F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1885;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 24, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.166 299.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca9',
    500: '#4c1885',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1885;
$custom-light: #845ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1885",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.624,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35946,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 299.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1885

secondary

#7FB940

accent

#EC3C98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1885

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

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