#4C2280#4C2280

#4C2280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.149 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2280
RGB	rgb(76, 34, 128)
HSL	hsl(267, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.6%, 73.4%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 39.62, -45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 60.36, 311.03°)
OKLab	oklab(36.63% 0.0729 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(36.63% 0.149 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4478, 4.2390, 20.8437)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2280 #568022

analogous

#222780 #4C2280 #7B2280

triadic

#4C2280 #804C22 #22804C

tetradic

#4C2280 #802227 #568022 #22807B

square

#4C2280 #802227 #568022 #22807B

split-complementary

#4C2280 #807B22 #278022

monochromatic

#13081F #2F1550 #4C2280 #692FB0 #874DD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4C2280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4C2280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2280

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2280	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#40394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 34, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.149 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a6',
    500: '#4c2280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2280;
$custom-light: #8361a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.809,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36628,
    "c": 0.149,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2280

secondary

#84B24B

accent

#E1479C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2280

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

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