#4C1B8A#4C1B8A

#4C1B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.168 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1B8A
RGB	rgb(76, 27, 138)
HSL	hsl(266, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 80.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 45.56, -52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 69.32, 311.09°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0768 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.168 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9587, 4.1552, 24.4225)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1B8A #598A1B

analogous

#1B228A #4C1B8A #831B8A

triadic

#4C1B8A #8A4C1B #1B8A4C

tetradic

#4C1B8A #8A1B22 #598A1B #1B8A83

square

#4C1B8A #8A1B22 #598A1B #1B8A83

split-complementary

#4C1B8A #8A831B #228A1B

monochromatic

#140724 #301157 #4C1B8A #6825BD #8745DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4C1B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4C1B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1B8A

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1B8A	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 27, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.168 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ead',
    500: '#4c1b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1b8a;
$custom-light: #855ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.486,
    "s": 67.273,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36713,
    "c": 0.16822,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1B8A

secondary

#87BC45

accent

#EA3E9E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1B8A

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

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