#4C277D#4C277D

#4C277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.139 H 299.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C277D
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(266, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(266, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.2%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.16, 36.14, -42.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.16, 55.77, 310.40°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0678 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.139 299.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4068, 4.4681, 19.8703)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C277D #587D27

analogous

#272D7D #4C277D #77277D

triadic

#4C277D #7D4C27 #277D4C

tetradic

#4C277D #7D272D #587D27 #277D77

square

#4C277D #7D272D #587D27 #277D77

split-complementary

#4C277D #7D7727 #2D7D27

monochromatic

#130A20 #30184E #4C277D #6836AC #8755CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4C277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4C277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C277D

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C277D	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#413B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.139 299.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264a3',
    500: '#4c277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c277d;
$custom-light: #8264a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.814,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37063,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 299.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C277D

secondary

#86AF51

accent

#DC4C9E

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C277D

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

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