#4C2778#4C2778

#4C2778 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.133 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2778
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 120)
HSL	hsl(267, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.7%, 67.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 34.77, -39.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 52.95, 311.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0683 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.133 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0954, 4.3436, 18.2302)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2778 #537827

analogous

#272B78 #4C2778 #742778

triadic

#4C2778 #784C27 #27784C

tetradic

#4C2778 #78272B #537827 #277874

square

#4C2778 #78272B #537827 #277874

split-complementary

#4C2778 #787427 #2B7827

monochromatic

#11091C #2F184A #4C2778 #6936A6 #8852C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#4C2778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4C2778 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2778

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2778	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.133 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264a0',
    500: '#4c2778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2778;
$custom-light: #8264a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.407,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36663,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2778

secondary

#81AA51

accent

#DA4D9A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2778

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

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