#4A279F#4A279F

#4A279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.180 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A279F
RGB	rgb(74, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(258, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.5%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 45.40, -59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 74.56, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0579 -0.17)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.18 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8057, 5.4096, 33.3216)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A279F #7C9F27

analogous

#27409F #4A279F #86279F

triadic

#4A279F #9F4A27 #279F4A

tetradic

#4A279F #9F2740 #7C9F27 #279F86

square

#4A279F #9F2740 #7C9F27 #279F86

split-complementary

#4A279F #9F8627 #409F27

monochromatic

#1C0F3D #331B6E #4A279F #6236CE #8867DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4A279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A279F

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A279F	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.180 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665bc',
    500: '#4a279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a279f;
$custom-light: #8665bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39847,
    "c": 0.1796,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A279F

secondary

#A4C062

accent

#E444B5

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A279F

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

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