#4C1C8B#4C1C8B

#4C1C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.168 H 296.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1C8B
RGB	rgb(76, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.42, 45.39, -52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.42, 69.38, 310.86°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% 0.0757 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.168 296.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.0547, 4.2309, 24.8134)
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

#4C1C8B #5B8B1C

analogous

#1C238B #4C1C8B #831C8B

triadic

#4C1C8B #8B4C1C #1C8B4C

tetradic

#4C1C8B #8B1C23 #5B8B1C #1C8B83

square

#4C1C8B #8B1C23 #5B8B1C #1C8B83

split-complementary

#4C1C8B #8B831C #238B1C

monochromatic

#140725 #301258 #4C1C8B #6826BE #8747DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4C1C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4C1C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1C8B

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1C8B	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.168 296.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855eae',
    500: '#4c1c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1c8b;
$custom-light: #855eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.946,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36911,
    "c": 0.16831,
    "h": 296.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1C8B

secondary

#89BC47

accent

#E93E9F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1C8B

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

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