#4D278A#4D278A

#4D278A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.155 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D278A
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 138)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.34, 39.96, -48.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.34, 63.00, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.27% 0.0672 -0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(38.27% 0.155 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.3723, 4.8636, 24.5375)
Luminance	0.0486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.48

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D278A #648A27

analogous

#27338A #4D278A #7E278A

triadic

#4D278A #8A4D27 #278A4D

tetradic

#4D278A #8A2733 #648A27 #278A7E

square

#4D278A #8A2733 #648A27 #278A7E

split-complementary

#4D278A #8A7E27 #338A27

monochromatic

#180C2B #321A5A #4D278A #6834BA #885BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.64

#4D278A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4D278A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D278A

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D278A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D278A	1.00	10.64	1.97	10.64
#FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d278a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.155 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ad',
    500: '#4d278a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d278a;
$custom-light: #8564ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d278a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.03,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38267,
    "c": 0.15465,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D278A

secondary

#91B657

accent

#DF49A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D278A

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

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