#4C1971#4C1971

#4C1971 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.143 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1971
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.67, 40.07, -40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.67, 56.96, 314.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.27% 0.0853 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(34.27% 0.143 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3081, 3.4241, 15.9482)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1971 #3E7119

analogous

#201971 #4C1971 #71196A

triadic

#4C1971 #714C19 #19714C

tetradic

#4C1971 #712019 #3E7119 #196A71

square

#4C1971 #712019 #3E7119 #196A71

split-complementary

#4C1971 #6A7119 #197120

monochromatic

#110619 #2A0E3F #4C1971 #6E24A3 #8F33D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#4C1971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4C1971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1971

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1971	1.00	12.46	1.68	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.143 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825b9a',
    500: '#4c1971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1971;
$custom-light: #825b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.773,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3427,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1971

secondary

#6BA640

accent

#E74187

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1971

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

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