#4B279E#4B279E

#4B279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.178 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B279E
RGB	rgb(75, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(258, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.89, 45.27, -58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.89, 73.97, 307.73°)
OKLab	oklab(39.85% 0.0597 -0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(39.85% 0.178 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7969, 5.4151, 32.8701)
Luminance	0.0542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B279E #7A9E27

analogous

#273E9E #4B279E #86279E

triadic

#4B279E #9E4B27 #279E4B

tetradic

#4B279E #9E273E #7A9E27 #279E86

square

#4B279E #9E273E #7A9E27 #279E86

split-complementary

#4B279E #9E8627 #3E9E27

monochromatic

#1C0F3C #341B6D #4B279E #6335CD #8966D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#4B279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4B279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B279E

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B279E	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.178 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665bc',
    500: '#4b279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b279e;
$custom-light: #8665bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.151,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39854,
    "c": 0.17839,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B279E

secondary

#A3BF62

accent

#E444B3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B279E

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

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