#4B279D#4B279D

#4B279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.177 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B279D
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 44.98, -58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 73.43, 307.78°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% 0.0599 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.177 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.7112, 5.3808, 32.4187)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B279D #799D27

analogous

#273E9D #4B279D #86279D

triadic

#4B279D #9D4B27 #279D4B

tetradic

#4B279D #9D273E #799D27 #279D86

square

#4B279D #9D273E #799D27 #279D86

split-complementary

#4B279D #9D8627 #3E9D27

monochromatic

#1C0F3B #341B6C #4B279D #6335CD #8966D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.11

#4B279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4B279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B279D

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B279D	1.00	10.11	2.08	10.11
#FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.177 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665bb',
    500: '#4b279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b279d;
$custom-light: #8665bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.305,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39761,
    "c": 0.17721,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B279D

secondary

#A2BF61

accent

#E344B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B279D

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

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