#4C1B8F#4C1B8F

#4C1B8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.174 H 295.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1B8F
RGB	rgb(76, 27, 143)
HSL	hsl(265, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.9%, 81.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.65, 46.87, -54.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.65, 71.95, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.0753 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.174 295.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3290, 4.3033, 26.3731)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1B8F #5E8F1B

analogous

#1B248F #4C1B8F #861B8F

triadic

#4C1B8F #8F4C1B #1B8F4C

tetradic

#4C1B8F #8F1B24 #5E8F1B #1B8F86

square

#4C1B8F #8F1B24 #5E8F1B #1B8F86

split-complementary

#4C1B8F #8F861B #248F1B

monochromatic

#150828 #31115C #4C1B8F #6725C2 #8748DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#4C1B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4C1B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1B8F

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1B8F	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 27, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.174 295.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eb1',
    500: '#4c1b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1b8f;
$custom-light: #855eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.345,
    "s": 68.235,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37186,
    "c": 0.17365,
    "h": 295.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1B8F

secondary

#8CBE48

accent

#EB3DA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1B8F

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

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