#4C1A79#4C1A79

#4C1A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.151 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1A79
RGB	rgb(76, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.50, 41.63, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.50, 60.76, 313.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.0825 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.151 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8003, 3.6558, 18.4328)
Luminance	0.0366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.63

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1A79 #47791A

analogous

#1D1A79 #4C1A79 #791A77

triadic

#4C1A79 #794C1A #1A794C

tetradic

#4C1A79 #791D1A #47791A #1A7779

square

#4C1A79 #791D1A #47791A #1A7779

split-complementary

#4C1A79 #77791A #1A791D

monochromatic

#100519 #2C0F47 #4C1A79 #6C25AB #8B39D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#4C1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4C1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1A79

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1A79	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.151 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca0',
    500: '#4c1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1a79;
$custom-light: #835ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35067,
    "c": 0.15076,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1A79

secondary

#75AD41

accent

#E8408F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1A79

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

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