#4C1A86#4C1A86

#4C1A86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.165 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1A86
RGB	rgb(76, 26, 134)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 44.95, -50.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 67.68, 311.62°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0789 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.165 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6519, 3.9964, 22.9179)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1A86 #54861A

analogous

#1A1E86 #4C1A86 #821A86

triadic

#4C1A86 #864C1A #1A864C

tetradic

#4C1A86 #861A1E #54861A #1A8682

square

#4C1A86 #861A1E #54861A #1A8682

split-complementary

#4C1A86 #86821A #1E861A

monochromatic

#12061F #2F1053 #4C1A86 #6924B9 #8840DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#4C1A86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4C1A86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1A86

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1A86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1A86	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1a86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 26, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.165 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845daa',
    500: '#4c1a86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1a86;
$custom-light: #845daa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1a86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.778,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36238,
    "c": 0.16487,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1A86

secondary

#82B942

accent

#EA3D9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1A86

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

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