#4C1A8E#4C1A8E

#4C1A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.174 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1A8E
RGB	rgb(76, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(266, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.41, 47.02, -54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.41, 71.87, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0764 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.174 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.2311, 4.2281, 25.9684)
Luminance	0.0423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1A8E #5C8E1A

analogous

#1A228E #4C1A8E #861A8E

triadic

#4C1A8E #8E4C1A #1A8E4C

tetradic

#4C1A8E #8E1A22 #5C8E1A #1A8E86

square

#4C1A8E #8E1A22 #5C8E1A #1A8E86

split-complementary

#4C1A8E #8E861A #228E1A

monochromatic

#150727 #30115A #4C1A8E #6823C2 #8745DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#4C1A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4C1A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1A8E

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1A8E	1.00	11.38	1.85	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.174 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eb0',
    500: '#4c1a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1a8e;
$custom-light: #855eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.862,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36991,
    "c": 0.17351,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1A8E

secondary

#8ABE45

accent

#EC3CA0

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1A8E

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

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