#4A279B#4A279B

#4A279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.175 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A279B
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.50, 44.25, -57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.50, 72.41, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(39.47% 0.0589 -0.1646)
OKLCH	oklch(39.47% 0.175 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4642, 5.2730, 31.5231)
Luminance	0.0527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A279B #789B27

analogous

#273E9B #4A279B #84279B

triadic

#4A279B #9B4A27 #279B4A

tetradic

#4A279B #9B273E #789B27 #279B84

square

#4A279B #9B273E #789B27 #279B84

split-complementary

#4A279B #9B8427 #3E9B27

monochromatic

#1B0E39 #331B6A #4A279B #6133CC #8764D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#4A279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#4A279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A279B

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A279B	1.00	10.22	2.05	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.175 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565b9',
    500: '#4a279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a279b;
$custom-light: #8565b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.103,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39471,
    "c": 0.17487,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A279B

secondary

#A2BE60

accent

#E345B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A279B

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

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