#4C277B#4C277B

#4C277B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.136 H 300.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C277B
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.2%, 68.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 35.59, -41.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 54.64, 310.65°)
OKLab	oklab(36.9% 0.068 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(36.9% 0.136 300)
XYZ	xyz(7.2803, 4.4175, 19.2042)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C277B #567B27

analogous

#272C7B #4C277B #76277B

triadic

#4C277B #7B4C27 #277B4C

tetradic

#4C277B #7B272C #567B27 #277B76

square

#4C277B #7B272C #567B27 #277B76

split-complementary

#4C277B #7B7627 #2C7B27

monochromatic

#130A1E #2F184D #4C277B #6936A9 #8754C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4C277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4C277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C277B

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C277B	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#423A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.136 300.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264a2',
    500: '#4c277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c277b;
$custom-light: #8264a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.429,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36902,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 300
  },
  "luminance": 0.04418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C277B

secondary

#84AD51

accent

#DB4C9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C277B

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

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