#4C1978#4C1978

#4C1978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.151 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1978
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 41.82, -44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 60.71, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(34.87% 0.0837 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(34.87% 0.151 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7175, 3.5878, 18.1043)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1978 #457819

analogous

#1D1978 #4C1978 #781974

triadic

#4C1978 #784C19 #19784C

tetradic

#4C1978 #781D19 #457819 #197478

square

#4C1978 #781D19 #457819 #197478

split-complementary

#4C1978 #747819 #19781D

monochromatic

#100519 #2C0E45 #4C1978 #6C24AB #8C36D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#4C1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1978

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1978	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.151 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca0',
    500: '#4c1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1978;
$custom-light: #835ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.211,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34871,
    "c": 0.15081,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1978

secondary

#72AD40

accent

#E83F8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1978

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

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