#4B279B#4B279B

#4B279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.175 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B279B
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.61, 44.41, -57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.61, 72.36, 307.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.57% 0.0604 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(39.57% 0.175 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5419, 5.3130, 31.5267)
Luminance	0.0531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B279B #779B27

analogous

#273D9B #4B279B #85279B

triadic

#4B279B #9B4B27 #279B4B

tetradic

#4B279B #9B273D #779B27 #279B85

square

#4B279B #9B273D #779B27 #279B85

split-complementary

#4B279B #9B8527 #3D9B27

monochromatic

#1C0E39 #331B6A #4B279B #6333CC #8864D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.18

#4B279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#4B279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B279B

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B279B	1.00	10.18	2.06	10.18
#FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.175 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b9',
    500: '#4b279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b279b;
$custom-light: #8665b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.621,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39574,
    "c": 0.17485,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B279B

secondary

#A1BE60

accent

#E345B2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B279B

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

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