#4A278E#4A278E

#4A278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.159 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A278E
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.9%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.33, 40.53, -51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.33, 65.31, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(38.28% 0.0619 -0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(38.28% 0.159 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.4307, 4.8596, 26.0797)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A278E #6B8E27

analogous

#27388E #4A278E #7D278E

triadic

#4A278E #8E4A27 #278E4A

tetradic

#4A278E #8E2738 #6B8E27 #278E7D

square

#4A278E #8E2738 #6B8E27 #278E7D

split-complementary

#4A278E #8E7D27 #388E27

monochromatic

#180D2E #311A5E #4A278E #6334BE #855DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.65

#4A278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4A278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A278E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A278E	1.00	10.65	1.97	10.65
#FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.159 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364b0',
    500: '#4a278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a278e;
$custom-light: #8364b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.388,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38284,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A278E

secondary

#98B859

accent

#E048AC

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A278E

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

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