#4C1E72#4C1E72

#4C1E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.138 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1E72
RGB	rgb(76, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 37.96, -39.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 54.89, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.0798 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.138 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4814, 3.6800, 16.2852)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1E72 #44721E

analogous

#221E72 #4C1E72 #721E6E

triadic

#4C1E72 #724C1E #1E724C

tetradic

#4C1E72 #72221E #44721E #1E6E72

square

#4C1E72 #72221E #44721E #1E6E72

split-complementary

#4C1E72 #6E721E #1E7222

monochromatic

#100618 #2C1142 #4C1E72 #6C2BA2 #8C3ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#4C1E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4C1E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1E72

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1E72	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.138 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e9b',
    500: '#4c1e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1e72;
$custom-light: #825e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34945,
    "c": 0.13802,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1E72

secondary

#71A646

accent

#E2468D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1E72

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

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