#4C279E#4C279E

#4C279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.178 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C279E
RGB	rgb(76, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.00, 45.43, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.00, 73.92, 307.92°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0612 -0.1675)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.178 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.8758, 5.4557, 32.8738)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C279E #799E27

analogous

#273E9E #4C279E #87279E

triadic

#4C279E #9E4C27 #279E4C

tetradic

#4C279E #9E273E #799E27 #279E87

square

#4C279E #9E273E #799E27 #279E87

split-complementary

#4C279E #9E8727 #3E9E27

monochromatic

#1D0F3C #341B6D #4C279E #6435CD #8A66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4C279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4C279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C279E

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C279E	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.178 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765bc',
    500: '#4c279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c279e;
$custom-light: #8765bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.655,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39957,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C279E

secondary

#A2BF62

accent

#E444B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C279E

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

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