#4C1A85#4C1A85

#4C1A85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.164 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1A85
RGB	rgb(76, 26, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 67%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 80.5%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 44.69, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 67.15, 311.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.14% 0.0792 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(36.14% 0.164 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5824, 3.9686, 22.5523)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1A85 #53851A

analogous

#1A1D85 #4C1A85 #811A85

triadic

#4C1A85 #854C1A #1A854C

tetradic

#4C1A85 #851A1D #53851A #1A8581

square

#4C1A85 #851A1D #53851A #1A8581

split-complementary

#4C1A85 #85811A #1D851A

monochromatic

#11061F #2F1052 #4C1A85 #6924B8 #8840DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4C1A85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4C1A85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1A85

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1A85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1A85	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E374F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1a85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 26, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.164 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845da9',
    500: '#4c1a85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1a85;
$custom-light: #845da9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1a85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.037,
    "s": 67.296,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36145,
    "c": 0.16379,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1A85

secondary

#81B842

accent

#EA3E9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1A85

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

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