#4C1D72#4C1D72

#4C1D72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.139 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1D72
RGB	rgb(76, 29, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 74.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 38.45, -39.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 55.43, 313.93°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.0809 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.139 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4564, 3.6302, 16.2769)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1D72 #43721D

analogous

#211D72 #4C1D72 #721D6E

triadic

#4C1D72 #724C1D #1D724C

tetradic

#4C1D72 #72211D #43721D #1D6E72

square

#4C1D72 #72211D #43721D #1D6E72

split-complementary

#4C1D72 #6E721D #1D7221

monochromatic

#100618 #2B1141 #4C1D72 #6D29A3 #8C3CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4C1D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4C1D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1D72

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1D72	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 29, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.139 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e9b',
    500: '#4c1d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1d72;
$custom-light: #825e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.176,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34821,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1D72

secondary

#70A645

accent

#E3458C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1D72

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

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