#4C278D#4C278D

#4C278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.158 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C278D
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.1%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.48, 40.61, -50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.48, 64.69, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(38.42% 0.0651 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(38.42% 0.158 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.5124, 4.9104, 25.6934)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C278D #688D27

analogous

#27358D #4C278D #7F278D

triadic

#4C278D #8D4C27 #278D4C

tetradic

#4C278D #8D2735 #688D27 #278D7F

square

#4C278D #8D2735 #688D27 #278D7F

split-complementary

#4C278D #8D7F27 #358D27

monochromatic

#180C2D #321A5D #4C278D #6634BD #875CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.59

#4C278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4C278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C278D

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C278D	1.00	10.59	1.98	10.59
#FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.158 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464af',
    500: '#4c278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c278d;
$custom-light: #8464af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.765,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38416,
    "c": 0.15818,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C278D

secondary

#95B759

accent

#E048A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C278D

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

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