#4C1E73#4C1E73

#4C1E73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.139 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1E73
RGB	rgb(76, 30, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 73.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, 38.22, -40.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 55.43, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0796 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.139 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5386, 3.7029, 16.5866)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1E73 #45731E

analogous

#211E73 #4C1E73 #731E6F

triadic

#4C1E73 #734C1E #1E734C

tetradic

#4C1E73 #73211E #45731E #1E6F73

square

#4C1E73 #73211E #45731E #1E6F73

split-complementary

#4C1E73 #6F731E #1E7321

monochromatic

#100618 #2C1142 #4C1E73 #6C2BA4 #8C3FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#4C1E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4C1E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1E73

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1E73	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 30, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.139 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825e9c',
    500: '#4c1e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1e73;
$custom-light: #825e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.471,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35027,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1E73

secondary

#72A746

accent

#E2468D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1E73

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

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