#4A278F#4A278F

#4A278F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.161 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A278F
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 143)
HSL	hsl(260, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 72.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.42, 40.81, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.42, 65.87, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.37% 0.0617 -0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(38.37% 0.161 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.5061, 4.8898, 26.4769)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A278F #6C8F27

analogous

#27388F #4A278F #7E278F

triadic

#4A278F #8F4A27 #278F4A

tetradic

#4A278F #8F2738 #6C8F27 #278F7E

square

#4A278F #8F2738 #6C8F27 #278F7E

split-complementary

#4A278F #8F7E27 #388F27

monochromatic

#180D2F #311A5F #4A278F #6334BF #855DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.62

#4A278F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4A278F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A278F

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A278F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A278F	1.00	10.62	1.98	10.62
#FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354258

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a278f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.161 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364b1',
    500: '#4a278f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a278f;
$custom-light: #8364b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a278f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.192,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38374,
    "c": 0.16051,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A278F

secondary

#98B85A

accent

#E047AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A278F

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

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