#4C279A#4C279A

#4C279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.174 H 291.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C279A
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.63, 44.29, -56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.63, 71.77, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(39.59% 0.0622 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(39.59% 0.174 291)
XYZ	xyz(9.5371, 5.3203, 31.0900)
Luminance	0.0532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C279A #759A27

analogous

#273C9A #4C279A #85279A

triadic

#4C279A #9A4C27 #279A4C

tetradic

#4C279A #9A273C #759A27 #279A85

square

#4C279A #9A273C #759A27 #279A85

split-complementary

#4C279A #9A8527 #3C9A27

monochromatic

#1C0E38 #341B69 #4C279A #6433CB #8964D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.17

#4C279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4C279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C279A

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C279A	1.00	10.17	2.06	10.17
#FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.174 291.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b9',
    500: '#4c279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c279a;
$custom-light: #8665b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.304,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39586,
    "c": 0.17366,
    "h": 291
  },
  "luminance": 0.05321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C279A

secondary

#9FBD5F

accent

#E345B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C279A

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

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