#4C1C8E#4C1C8E

#4C1C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.172 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1C8E
RGB	rgb(76, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(265, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 46.18, -53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 70.96, 310.60°)
OKLab	oklab(37.19% 0.0748 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(37.19% 0.172 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2769, 4.3198, 25.9837)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1C8E #5E8E1C

analogous

#1C258E #4C1C8E #851C8E

triadic

#4C1C8E #8E4C1C #1C8E4C

tetradic

#4C1C8E #8E1C25 #5E8E1C #1C8E85

square

#4C1C8E #8E1C25 #5E8E1C #1C8E85

split-complementary

#4C1C8E #8E851C #258E1C

monochromatic

#150828 #31125B #4C1C8E #6726C1 #8749DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#4C1C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4C1C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1C8E

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1C8E	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.172 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fb0',
    500: '#4c1c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1c8e;
$custom-light: #855fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37193,
    "c": 0.17159,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1C8E

secondary

#8CBD49

accent

#EA3EA1

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1C8E

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

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