#4B277D#4B277D

#4B277D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.139 H 298.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B277D
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(265, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 35.92, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 55.79, 310.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% 0.0663 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.139 298.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3279, 4.4275, 19.8666)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B277D #597D27

analogous

#272E7D #4B277D #76277D

triadic

#4B277D #7D4B27 #277D4B

tetradic

#4B277D #7D272E #597D27 #277D76

square

#4B277D #7D272E #597D27 #277D76

split-complementary

#4B277D #7D7627 #2E7D27

monochromatic

#130A20 #2F184E #4B277D #6736AC #8655CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#4B277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4B277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B277D

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B277D	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.139 298.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264a3',
    500: '#4b277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b277d;
$custom-light: #8264a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.116,
    "s": 52.439,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36945,
    "c": 0.13854,
    "h": 298.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B277D

secondary

#87AF51

accent

#DC4CA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B277D

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

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