#4C1D8B#4C1D8B

#4C1D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.167 H 296.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1D8B
RGB	rgb(76, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(266, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(266, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.57, 44.95, -52.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.57, 68.91, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(37.02% 0.0749 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(37.02% 0.167 296.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.0788, 4.2791, 24.8214)
Luminance	0.0428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1D8B #5C8B1D

analogous

#1D258B #4C1D8B #831D8B

triadic

#4C1D8B #8B4C1D #1D8B4C

tetradic

#4C1D8B #8B1D25 #5C8B1D #1D8B83

square

#4C1D8B #8B1D25 #5C8B1D #1D8B83

split-complementary

#4C1D8B #8B831D #258B1D

monochromatic

#150826 #301258 #4C1D8B #6828BE #8749D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.32

#4C1D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4C1D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1D8B

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1D8B	1.00	11.32	1.86	11.32
#FFFFFF	11.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.32	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: #4c1d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.167 296.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fae',
    500: '#4c1d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1d8b;
$custom-light: #855fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.636,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37018,
    "c": 0.16728,
    "h": 296.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1D8B

secondary

#8ABB49

accent

#E83FA0

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1D8B

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

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