#4A278D#4A278D

#4A278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.158 H 293.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A278D
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.24, 40.24, -50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.24, 64.76, 308.41°)
OKLab	oklab(38.2% 0.0621 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(38.2% 0.158 293.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.3560, 4.8297, 25.6861)
Luminance	0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A278D #6A8D27

analogous

#27378D #4A278D #7D278D

triadic

#4A278D #8D4A27 #278D4A

tetradic

#4A278D #8D2737 #6A8D27 #278D7D

square

#4A278D #8D2737 #6A8D27 #278D7D

split-complementary

#4A278D #8D7D27 #378D27

monochromatic

#180C2D #311A5D #4A278D #6334BD #855CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#4A278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A278D

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A278D	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#364157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.158 293.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364af',
    500: '#4a278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a278d;
$custom-light: #8364af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.588,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38196,
    "c": 0.15808,
    "h": 293.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A278D

secondary

#97B759

accent

#E048AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A278D

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

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