#4C279D#4C279D

#4C279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.177 H 290.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C279D
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.90, 45.14, -57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.90, 73.39, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0615 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.177 290.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7901, 5.4214, 32.4223)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C279D #789D27

analogous

#273D9D #4C279D #87279D

triadic

#4C279D #9D4C27 #279D4C

tetradic

#4C279D #9D273D #789D27 #279D87

square

#4C279D #9D273D #789D27 #279D87

split-complementary

#4C279D #9D8727 #3D9D27

monochromatic

#1D0F3B #341B6C #4C279D #6435CD #8A66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.07

#4C279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4C279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C279D

10.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C279D	1.00	10.07	2.08	10.07
#FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.177 290.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765bb',
    500: '#4c279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c279d;
$custom-light: #8765bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.814,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39864,
    "c": 0.17719,
    "h": 290.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C279D

secondary

#A1BF61

accent

#E344B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C279D

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

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