#4C278E#4C278E

#4C278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.159 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C278E
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 40.89, -50.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 65.24, 308.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.5% 0.0649 -0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(38.5% 0.159 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.5872, 4.9403, 26.0871)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C278E #698E27

analogous

#27368E #4C278E #7F278E

triadic

#4C278E #8E4C27 #278E4C

tetradic

#4C278E #8E2736 #698E27 #278E7F

square

#4C278E #8E2736 #698E27 #278E7F

split-complementary

#4C278E #8E7F27 #368E27

monochromatic

#190D2E #321A5E #4C278E #6634BE #875DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#4C278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4C278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C278E

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C278E	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.159 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464b0',
    500: '#4c278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c278e;
$custom-light: #8464b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.553,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38503,
    "c": 0.15939,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.04941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C278E

secondary

#96B859

accent

#E048A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C278E

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

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