#4C1B85#4C1B85

#4C1B85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.163 H 298.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1B85
RGB	rgb(76, 27, 133)
HSL	hsl(268, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.9%, 79.7%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 44.26, -49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 66.68, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0783 -0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.163 298.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6050, 4.0137, 22.5598)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1B85 #54851B

analogous

#1B1F85 #4C1B85 #811B85

triadic

#4C1B85 #854C1B #1B854C

tetradic

#4C1B85 #851B1F #54851B #1B8581

square

#4C1B85 #851B1F #54851B #1B8581

split-complementary

#4C1B85 #85811B #1F851B

monochromatic

#12061F #2F1152 #4C1B85 #6925B8 #8842D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4C1B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4C1B85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1B85

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1B85	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003888

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E384F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 27, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.163 298.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea9',
    500: '#4c1b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1b85;
$custom-light: #845ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.736,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3625,
    "c": 0.16275,
    "h": 298.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1B85

secondary

#82B844

accent

#E93F9A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1B85

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

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