#4B278C#4B278C

#4B278C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.157 H 294.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B278C
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 140)
HSL	hsl(261, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.4%, 72.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.27, 40.14, -50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.27, 64.17, 308.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.0638 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.157 294)
XYZ	xyz(8.3595, 4.8401, 25.2996)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B278C #688C27

analogous

#27358C #4B278C #7D278C

triadic

#4B278C #8C4B27 #278C4B

tetradic

#4B278C #8C2735 #688C27 #278C7D

square

#4B278C #8C2735 #688C27 #278C7D

split-complementary

#4B278C #8C7D27 #358C27

monochromatic

#180C2C #311A5C #4B278C #6534BC #865CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.67

#4B278C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4B278C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B278C

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B278C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B278C	1.00	10.67	1.97	10.67
#FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b278c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.157 294.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464ae',
    500: '#4b278c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b278c;
$custom-light: #8464ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b278c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.386,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38217,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 294
  },
  "luminance": 0.0484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B278C

secondary

#95B758

accent

#E048AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B278C

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

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