#4C1979#4C1979

#4C1979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.152 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C1979
RGB	rgb(76, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 42.07, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 61.24, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(34.96% 0.0834 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(34.96% 0.152 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7785, 3.6122, 18.4256)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.46

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C1979 #467919

analogous

#1C1979 #4C1979 #791976

triadic

#4C1979 #794C19 #19794C

tetradic

#4C1979 #791C19 #467919 #197679

square

#4C1979 #791C19 #467919 #197679

split-complementary

#4C1979 #767919 #19791C

monochromatic

#100519 #2C0F46 #4C1979 #6C23AC #8B37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#4C1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4C1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C1979

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C1979	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.152 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835ca0',
    500: '#4c1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c1979;
$custom-light: #835ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.875,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34959,
    "c": 0.15188,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C1979

secondary

#73AE40

accent

#E93F8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C1979

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