#4C279B#4C279B

#4C279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.175 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C279B
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.72, 44.57, -56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.72, 72.31, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(39.68% 0.062 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(39.68% 0.175 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.6207, 5.3537, 31.5304)
Luminance	0.0535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C279B #769B27

analogous

#273C9B #4C279B #86279B

triadic

#4C279B #9B4C27 #279B4C

tetradic

#4C279B #9B273C #769B27 #279B86

square

#4C279B #9B273C #769B27 #279B86

split-complementary

#4C279B #9B8627 #3C9B27

monochromatic

#1C0E39 #341B6A #4C279B #6433CC #8964D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#4C279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4C279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C279B

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C279B	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#31465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.175 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b9',
    500: '#4c279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c279b;
$custom-light: #8665b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.138,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39678,
    "c": 0.17484,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C279B

secondary

#A0BE60

accent

#E345B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C279B

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

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