#4C1F8B#4C1F8B

#4C1F8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.165 H 296.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1F8B
RGB	rgb(76, 31, 139)
HSL	hsl(265, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(265, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 77.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.89, 44.04, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.89, 67.92, 310.43°)
OKLab	oklab(37.24% 0.0732 -0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(37.24% 0.165 296.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.1294, 4.3804, 24.8383)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1F8B #5E8B1F

analogous

#1F288B #4C1F8B #821F8B

triadic

#4C1F8B #8B4C1F #1F8B4C

tetradic

#4C1F8B #8B1F28 #5E8B1F #1F8B82

square

#4C1F8B #8B1F28 #5E8B1F #1F8B82

split-complementary

#4C1F8B #8B821F #288B1F

monochromatic

#150927 #311459 #4C1F8B #672ABD #874DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.19

#4C1F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4C1F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1F8B

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1F8B	1.00	11.19	1.88	11.19
#FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 31, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.165 296.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560ae',
    500: '#4c1f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1f8b;
$custom-light: #8560ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265,
    "s": 63.529,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3724,
    "c": 0.16515,
    "h": 296.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1F8B

secondary

#8CBA4C

accent

#E741A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0510

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1F8B

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

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