#4C1A87#4C1A87

#4C1A87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.166 H 298.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1A87
RGB	rgb(76, 26, 135)
HSL	hsl(268, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 80.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 45.21, -51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 68.20, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0786 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.166 298.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.7219, 4.0244, 23.2869)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1A87 #55871A

analogous

#1A1F87 #4C1A87 #831A87

triadic

#4C1A87 #874C1A #1A874C

tetradic

#4C1A87 #871A1F #55871A #1A8783

square

#4C1A87 #871A1F #55871A #1A8783

split-complementary

#4C1A87 #87831A #1F871A

monochromatic

#120620 #2F1054 #4C1A87 #6924BA #8741DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#4C1A87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4C1A87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1A87

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1A87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1A87	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003785

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3850

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1a87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 26, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.166 298.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845dab',
    500: '#4c1a87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1a87;
$custom-light: #845dab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1a87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.523,
    "s": 67.702,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36331,
    "c": 0.16595,
    "h": 298.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1A87

secondary

#83BA42

accent

#EB3D9B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1A87

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

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