#4C2279#4C2279

#4C2279 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.141 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2279
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(269, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 71.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.87, 37.75, -42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.87, 56.49, 311.93°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.0741 -0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.141 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0029, 4.0610, 18.5004)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.17

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2279 #4F7922

analogous

#222379 #4C2279 #782279

triadic

#4C2279 #794C22 #22794C

tetradic

#4C2279 #792223 #4F7922 #227978

square

#4C2279 #792223 #4F7922 #227978

split-complementary

#4C2279 #797822 #237922

monochromatic

#100719 #2E1549 #4C2279 #6A2FA9 #8849CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#4C2279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4C2279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2279

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2279	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.141 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8261a0',
    500: '#4c2279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2279;
$custom-light: #8261a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.966,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36039,
    "c": 0.14077,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2279

secondary

#7DAC4B

accent

#DF4897

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2279

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

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