#4C1A76#4C1A76

#4C1A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.147 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1A76
RGB	rgb(76, 26, 118)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 78%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.24, 40.87, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.24, 59.15, 313.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0832 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.147 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6192, 3.5833, 17.4790)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1A76 #44761A

analogous

#1E1A76 #4C1A76 #761A72

triadic

#4C1A76 #764C1A #1A764C

tetradic

#4C1A76 #761E1A #44761A #1A7276

square

#4C1A76 #761E1A #44761A #1A7276

split-complementary

#4C1A76 #72761A #1A761E

monochromatic

#100619 #2C0F44 #4C1A76 #6C25A8 #8C37D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#4C1A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C1A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1A76

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1A76	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 26, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.147 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c9e',
    500: '#4c1a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1a76;
$custom-light: #835c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34807,
    "c": 0.14749,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1A76

secondary

#71AB41

accent

#E7418D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1A76

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

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