#4C1889#4C1889

#4C1889 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.170 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1889
RGB	rgb(76, 24, 137)
HSL	hsl(268, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.5%, 82.5%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 46.54, -52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 70.14, 311.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.0795 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.17 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.8213, 3.9958, 24.0212)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1889 #558918

analogous

#181C89 #4C1889 #851889

triadic

#4C1889 #894C18 #18894C

tetradic

#4C1889 #89181C #558918 #188985

square

#4C1889 #89181C #558918 #188985

split-complementary

#4C1889 #898518 #1C8918

monochromatic

#120621 #2F0F55 #4C1889 #6921BD #873EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4C1889 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4C1889 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1889

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1889	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1889	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1889;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 24, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.170 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855cac',
    500: '#4c1889',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1889;
$custom-light: #855cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1889",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.611,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36323,
    "c": 0.17002,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1889

secondary

#83BD40

accent

#ED3B9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1889

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

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