#4B278B#4B278B

#4B278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.156 H 294.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B278B
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.19, 39.86, -49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.19, 63.62, 308.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.13% 0.064 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(38.13% 0.156 294.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.2861, 4.8107, 24.9131)
Luminance	0.0481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B278B #678B27

analogous

#27358B #4B278B #7D278B

triadic

#4B278B #8B4B27 #278B4B

tetradic

#4B278B #8B2735 #678B27 #278B7D

square

#4B278B #8B2735 #678B27 #278B7D

split-complementary

#4B278B #8B7D27 #358B27

monochromatic

#170C2B #311A5B #4B278B #6534BB #865BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.70

#4B278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#4B278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B278B

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B278B	1.00	10.70	1.96	10.70
#FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#394056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.156 294.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364ae',
    500: '#4b278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b278b;
$custom-light: #8364ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.6,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38129,
    "c": 0.15571,
    "h": 294.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B278B

secondary

#94B658

accent

#DF48A9

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B278B

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

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