#4C1970#4C1970

#4C1970 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.2% C 0.142 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1970
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.1%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 39.83, -39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 56.43, 314.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.19% 0.0856 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(34.19% 0.142 307)
XYZ	xyz(6.2521, 3.4017, 15.6533)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1970 #3D7019

analogous

#201970 #4C1970 #701969

triadic

#4C1970 #704C19 #19704C

tetradic

#4C1970 #702019 #3D7019 #196970

square

#4C1970 #702019 #3D7019 #196970

split-complementary

#4C1970 #697019 #197020

monochromatic

#110619 #2A0E3E #4C1970 #6E24A2 #8F32D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#4C1970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4C1970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1970

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1970	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.2% 0.142 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b9a',
    500: '#4c1970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1970;
$custom-light: #825b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34186,
    "c": 0.14218,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1970

secondary

#6AA540

accent

#E74186

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1970

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

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