#4C2799#4C2799

#4C2799 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.172 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C2799
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 59%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 74.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.54, 44.01, -56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.54, 71.23, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.49% 0.0624 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(39.49% 0.172 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4541, 5.2871, 30.6532)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C2799 #749927

analogous

#273B99 #4C2799 #852799

triadic

#4C2799 #994C27 #27994C

tetradic

#4C2799 #99273B #749927 #279985

square

#4C2799 #99273B #749927 #279985

split-complementary

#4C2799 #998527 #3B9927

monochromatic

#1C0E37 #341B68 #4C2799 #6433CA #8963D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#4C2799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4C2799 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C2799

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C2799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C2799	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c2799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.172 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b8',
    500: '#4c2799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c2799;
$custom-light: #8665b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c2799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.474,
    "s": 59.375,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39494,
    "c": 0.17248,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C2799

secondary

#9EBD5F

accent

#E345AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C2799

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

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