#4C1879#4C1879

#4C1879 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.153 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1879
RGB	rgb(76, 24, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.20, 42.49, -44.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.20, 61.72, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0844 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.153 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7575, 3.5702, 18.4186)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.31

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1879 #457918

analogous

#1B1879 #4C1879 #791875

triadic

#4C1879 #794C18 #18794C

tetradic

#4C1879 #791B18 #457918 #187579

square

#4C1879 #791B18 #457918 #187579

split-complementary

#4C1879 #757918 #18791B

monochromatic

#10051A #2C0E46 #4C1879 #6C22AC #8C35D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4C1879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4C1879 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1879

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1879	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	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: #4c1879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 24, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.153 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ba0',
    500: '#4c1879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1879;
$custom-light: #835ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.165,
    "s": 66.897,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34854,
    "c": 0.15298,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1879

secondary

#72AE3F

accent

#EA3E8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1879

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

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