#4C277A#4C277A

#4C277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.135 H 300.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C277A
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(267, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.7%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.93, 35.32, -40.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.93, 54.08, 310.78°)
OKLab	oklab(36.82% 0.0681 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(36.82% 0.135 300.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2180, 4.3926, 18.8762)
Luminance	0.0439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.25

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C277A #557A27

analogous

#272C7A #4C277A #76277A

triadic

#4C277A #7A4C27 #277A4C

tetradic

#4C277A #7A272C #557A27 #277A76

square

#4C277A #7A272C #557A27 #277A76

split-complementary

#4C277A #7A7627 #2C7A27

monochromatic

#12091D #2F184C #4C277A #6936A8 #8753C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.18

#4C277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4C277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C277A

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C277A	1.00	11.18	1.88	11.18
#FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.135 300.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264a1',
    500: '#4c277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c277a;
$custom-light: #8264a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.747,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36822,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 300.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C277A

secondary

#83AC51

accent

#DB4D9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C277A

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