#4B279A#4B279A

#4B279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.174 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B279A
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 44.13, -56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 71.82, 307.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.48% 0.0607 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(39.48% 0.174 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4582, 5.2796, 31.0863)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B279A #769A27

analogous

#273C9A #4B279A #84279A

triadic

#4B279A #9A4B27 #279A4B

tetradic

#4B279A #9A273C #769A27 #279A84

square

#4B279A #9A273C #769A27 #279A84

split-complementary

#4B279A #9A8427 #3C9A27

monochromatic

#1B0E38 #331B69 #4B279A #6333CB #8864D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#4B279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4B279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B279A

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B279A	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#30465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.174 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b9',
    500: '#4b279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b279a;
$custom-light: #8665b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.783,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39481,
    "c": 0.17367,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B279A

secondary

#A0BD5F

accent

#E345B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B279A

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

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