#4C1F72#4C1F72

#4C1F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.137 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1F72
RGB	rgb(76, 31, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.76, 37.46, -39.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.76, 54.33, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% 0.0787 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.137 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5071, 3.7314, 16.2938)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1F72 #45721F

analogous

#221F72 #4C1F72 #721F6E

triadic

#4C1F72 #724C1F #1F724C

tetradic

#4C1F72 #72221F #45721F #1F6E72

square

#4C1F72 #72221F #45721F #1F6E72

split-complementary

#4C1F72 #6E721F #1F7222

monochromatic

#100718 #2C1242 #4C1F72 #6C2CA2 #8C40CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#4C1F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4C1F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1F72

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1F72	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 31, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.137 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825f9b',
    500: '#4c1f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1f72;
$custom-light: #825f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.53,
    "s": 57.241,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35073,
    "c": 0.13668,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1F72

secondary

#72A647

accent

#E0478D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1F72

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

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