#4C1779#4C1779

#4C1779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.154 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1779
RGB	rgb(76, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 42.91, -44.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 62.17, 313.65°)
OKLab	oklab(34.75% 0.0853 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(34.75% 0.154 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7373, 3.5298, 18.4118)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1779 #447917

analogous

#1B1779 #4C1779 #791775

triadic

#4C1779 #794C17 #17794C

tetradic

#4C1779 #791B17 #447917 #177579

square

#4C1779 #791B17 #447917 #177579

split-complementary

#4C1779 #757917 #17791B

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0D46 #4C1779 #6C21AC #8C32D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4C1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1779

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1779	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.154 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba0',
    500: '#4c1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1779;
$custom-light: #835ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.449,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34753,
    "c": 0.15405,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1779

secondary

#71AE3E

accent

#EB3D8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1779

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

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