#4C1E79#4C1E79

#4C1E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.146 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1E79
RGB	rgb(76, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 39.76, -43.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 58.71, 312.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0785 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.146 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8951, 3.8455, 18.4645)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.35

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1E79 #4B791E

analogous

#1F1E79 #4C1E79 #791E79

triadic

#4C1E79 #794C1E #1E794C

tetradic

#4C1E79 #791F1E #4B791E #1E7979

square

#4C1E79 #791F1E #4B791E #1E7979

split-complementary

#4C1E79 #79791E #1E791F

monochromatic

#0F0619 #2D1248 #4C1E79 #6B2AAA #8941D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#4C1E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4C1E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1E79

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1E79	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.146 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ea0',
    500: '#4c1e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1e79;
$custom-light: #835ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.33,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35529,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1E79

secondary

#79AD46

accent

#E34493

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1E79

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

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