#4C2579#4C2579

#4C2579 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.137 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2579
RGB	rgb(76, 37, 121)
HSL	hsl(268, 53%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 69.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 36.15, -41.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 54.73, 311.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0707 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.137 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0924, 4.2401, 18.5302)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2579 #527925

analogous

#252879 #4C2579 #762579

triadic

#4C2579 #794C25 #25794C

tetradic

#4C2579 #792528 #527925 #257976

square

#4C2579 #792528 #527925 #257976

split-complementary

#4C2579 #797625 #287925

monochromatic

#11081B #2F174A #4C2579 #6933A8 #884FC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4C2579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4C2579 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2579

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2579	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)

#003A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 37, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.137 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262a0',
    500: '#4c2579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2579;
$custom-light: #8262a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 53.165,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36453,
    "c": 0.13662,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2579

secondary

#80AB4E

accent

#DD4B99

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2579

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

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