#4B277E#4B277E

#4B277E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.140 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B277E
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(265, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(265, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 69%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 36.20, -43.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 56.35, 309.97°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0662 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.14 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3921, 4.4531, 20.2047)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B277E #5A7E27

analogous

#272E7E #4B277E #77277E

triadic

#4B277E #7E4B27 #277E4B

tetradic

#4B277E #7E272E #5A7E27 #277E77

square

#4B277E #7E272E #5A7E27 #277E77

split-complementary

#4B277E #7E7727 #2E7E27

monochromatic

#130A21 #2F194F #4B277E #6735AD #8655CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#4B277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4B277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B277E

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B277E	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.140 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8264a4',
    500: '#4b277e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b277e;
$custom-light: #8264a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37027,
    "c": 0.13977,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B277E

secondary

#88AF52

accent

#DC4CA0

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B277E

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

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