#4C2272#4C2272

#4C2272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.132 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2272
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.32, 35.90, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.32, 52.60, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0751 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.132 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5891, 3.8955, 16.3211)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2272 #487222

analogous

#242272 #4C2272 #722270

triadic

#4C2272 #724C22 #22724C

tetradic

#4C2272 #722422 #487222 #227072

square

#4C2272 #722422 #487222 #227072

split-complementary

#4C2272 #707222 #227224

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1443 #4C2272 #6B30A1 #8A46C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#4C2272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4C2272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2272

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2272	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.132 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609b',
    500: '#4c2272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2272;
$custom-light: #82609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35473,
    "c": 0.13249,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2272

secondary

#76A54B

accent

#DD4A90

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2272

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

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