#4C0F72#4C0F72

#4C0F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.4% C 0.155 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C0F72
RGB	rgb(76, 15, 114)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 86.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.41, 44.19, -43.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.41, 61.78, 315.67°)
OKLab	oklab(33.42% 0.0938 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(33.42% 0.155 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.1879, 3.0931, 16.1874)
Luminance	0.0309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C0F72 #35720F

analogous

#1B0F72 #4C0F72 #720F66

triadic

#4C0F72 #724C0F #0F724C

tetradic

#4C0F72 #721B0F #35720F #0F6672

square

#4C0F72 #721B0F #35720F #0F6672

split-complementary

#4C0F72 #66720F #0F721B

monochromatic

#12041B #28083C #4C0F72 #7016A8 #941DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.97

#4C0F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#4C0F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C0F72

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C0F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C0F72	1.00	12.97	1.62	12.97
#FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003270

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#452A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c0f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 15, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.4% 0.155 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83579b',
    500: '#4c0f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c0f72;
$custom-light: #83579b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c0f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.97,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33419,
    "c": 0.15461,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C0F72

secondary

#61AA33

accent

#F3357E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C0F72

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

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