#4C2178#4C2178

#4C2178 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.141 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2178
RGB	rgb(76, 33, 120)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 72.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.61, 38.00, -41.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.61, 56.51, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0754 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.141 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9137, 3.9803, 18.1697)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2178 #4D7821

analogous

#212278 #4C2178 #772178

triadic

#4C2178 #784C21 #21784C

tetradic

#4C2178 #782122 #4D7821 #217877

square

#4C2178 #782122 #4D7821 #217877

split-complementary

#4C2178 #787721 #227821

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2E1448 #4C2178 #6A2EA8 #8947CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4C2178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4C2178 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2178

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2178	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 33, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.141 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8260a0',
    500: '#4c2178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2178;
$custom-light: #8260a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.655,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35824,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2178

secondary

#7BAB4A

accent

#E04895

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2178

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

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