#4C2276#4C2276

#4C2276 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.137 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2276
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 118)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 36.95, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 54.83, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.0746 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.137 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8218, 3.9886, 17.5465)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2276 #4C7622

analogous

#222276 #4C2276 #762276

triadic

#4C2276 #764C22 #22764C

tetradic

#4C2276 #762222 #4C7622 #227676

square

#4C2276 #762222 #4C7622 #227676

split-complementary

#4C2276 #767622 #227622

monochromatic

#0F0718 #2D1446 #4C2276 #6B30A6 #8948CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4C2276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4C2276 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2276

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2276	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.137 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82609e',
    500: '#4c2276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2276;
$custom-light: #82609e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35794,
    "c": 0.13723,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2276

secondary

#7AA94B

accent

#DF4994

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2276

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

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