#4B278E#4B278E

#4B278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.159 H 293.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B278E
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(261, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.2%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 40.71, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 65.28, 308.58°)
OKLab	oklab(38.39% 0.0634 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(38.39% 0.159 293.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.5083, 4.8996, 26.0834)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B278E #6A8E27

analogous

#27368E #4B278E #7E278E

triadic

#4B278E #8E4B27 #278E4B

tetradic

#4B278E #8E2736 #6A8E27 #278E7E

square

#4B278E #8E2736 #6A8E27 #278E7E

split-complementary

#4B278E #8E7E27 #368E27

monochromatic

#180D2E #321A5E #4B278E #6434BE #865DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4B278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4B278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B278E

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B278E	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#374158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.159 293.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464b0',
    500: '#4b278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b278e;
$custom-light: #8464b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.971,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38393,
    "c": 0.15933,
    "h": 293.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B278E

secondary

#97B859

accent

#E048AB

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B278E

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

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