#4C1B76#4C1B76

#4C1B76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.146 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1B76
RGB	rgb(76, 27, 118)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 77.1%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 40.42, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 58.65, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.92% 0.0822 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(34.92% 0.146 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6417, 3.6284, 17.4865)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1B76 #45761B

analogous

#1E1B76 #4C1B76 #761B72

triadic

#4C1B76 #764C1B #1B764C

tetradic

#4C1B76 #761E1B #45761B #1B7276

square

#4C1B76 #761E1B #45761B #1B7276

split-complementary

#4C1B76 #72761B #1B761E

monochromatic

#100619 #2C1044 #4C1B76 #6C26A8 #8C3AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4C1B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4C1B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1B76

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1B76	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 27, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.146 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825d9e',
    500: '#4c1b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1b76;
$custom-light: #825d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34919,
    "c": 0.14631,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1B76

secondary

#72AA42

accent

#E6428E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1B76

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

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