#4C1981#4C1981

#4C1981 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.160 H 300.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1981
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 44.09, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 65.49, 312.31°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.0812 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.16 300.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2896, 3.8167, 21.1173)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.95

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1981 #4E8119

analogous

#191A81 #4C1981 #801981

triadic

#4C1981 #814C19 #19814C

tetradic

#4C1981 #81191A #4E8119 #198180

square

#4C1981 #81191A #4E8119 #198180

split-complementary

#4C1981 #818019 #1A8119

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0F4E #4C1981 #6A23B4 #893BD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#4C1981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4C1981 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1981

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1981	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.160 300.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca6',
    500: '#4c1981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1981;
$custom-light: #845ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.423,
    "s": 67.532,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35676,
    "c": 0.16049,
    "h": 300.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1981

secondary

#7CB541

accent

#EA3D96

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1981

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