#4B278D#4B278D

#4B278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.158 H 293.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B278D
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.36, 40.42, -50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.36, 64.73, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(38.31% 0.0636 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(38.31% 0.158 293.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4336, 4.8697, 25.6897)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B278D #698D27

analogous

#27368D #4B278D #7E278D

triadic

#4B278D #8D4B27 #278D4B

tetradic

#4B278D #8D2736 #698D27 #278D7E

square

#4B278D #8D2736 #698D27 #278D7E

split-complementary

#4B278D #8D7E27 #368D27

monochromatic

#180C2D #311A5D #4B278D #6434BD #865CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#4B278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4B278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B278D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B278D	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#384157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.158 293.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464af',
    500: '#4b278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b278d;
$custom-light: #8464af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.176,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38305,
    "c": 0.15813,
    "h": 293.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B278D

secondary

#96B759

accent

#E048AA

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B278D

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

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