#4C1A8B#4C1A8B

#4C1A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.170 H 297.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1A8B
RGB	rgb(76, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(267, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.13, 46.25, -52.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.13, 70.30, 311.13°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0773 -0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.17 297)
XYZ	xyz(8.0089, 4.1392, 24.7981)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1A8B #598B1A

analogous

#1A208B #4C1A8B #851A8B

triadic

#4C1A8B #8B4C1A #1A8B4C

tetradic

#4C1A8B #8B1A20 #598B1A #1A8B85

square

#4C1A8B #8B1A20 #598B1A #1A8B85

split-complementary

#4C1A8B #8B851A #208B1A

monochromatic

#140724 #301057 #4C1A8B #6824BF #8743DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4C1A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4C1A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1A8B

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1A8B	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.170 297.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855dae',
    500: '#4c1a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1a8b;
$custom-light: #855dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.549,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36706,
    "c": 0.17028,
    "h": 297
  },
  "luminance": 0.04139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1A8B

secondary

#87BD44

accent

#EB3C9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1A8B

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

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