#4D278B#4D278B

#4D278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.156 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D278B
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 40.24, -49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 63.55, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.067 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.156 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4450, 4.8927, 24.9205)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.57

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D278B #658B27

analogous

#27338B #4D278B #7F278B

triadic

#4D278B #8B4D27 #278B4D

tetradic

#4D278B #8B2733 #658B27 #278B7F

square

#4D278B #8B2733 #658B27 #278B7F

split-complementary

#4D278B #8B7F27 #338B27

monochromatic

#180C2B #331A5B #4D278B #6734BB #885BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#4D278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4D278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D278B

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D278B	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.156 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ae',
    500: '#4d278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d278b;
$custom-light: #8564ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.8,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38353,
    "c": 0.15586,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D278B

secondary

#92B658

accent

#DF48A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D278B

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

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