#4A279D#4A279D

#4A279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.177 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A279D
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 44.83, -58.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 73.48, 307.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.66% 0.0584 -0.1673)
OKLCH	oklch(39.66% 0.177 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.6336, 5.3408, 32.4150)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A279D #7A9D27

analogous

#273F9D #4A279D #85279D

triadic

#4A279D #9D4A27 #279D4A

tetradic

#4A279D #9D273F #7A9D27 #279D85

square

#4A279D #9D273F #7A9D27 #279D85

split-complementary

#4A279D #9D8527 #3F9D27

monochromatic

#1C0F3B #331B6C #4A279D #6235CD #8866D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.15

#4A279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4A279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A279D

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A279D	1.00	10.15	2.07	10.15
#FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.177 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8565bb',
    500: '#4a279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a279d;
$custom-light: #8565bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.797,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39658,
    "c": 0.17724,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A279D

secondary

#A3BF61

accent

#E344B4

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A279D

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

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