#4D278C#4D278C

#4D278C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.157 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D278C
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 72.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.51, 40.52, -49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.51, 64.10, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(38.44% 0.0668 -0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(38.44% 0.157 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5184, 4.9221, 25.3071)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D278C #668C27

analogous

#27348C #4D278C #7F278C

triadic

#4D278C #8C4D27 #278C4D

tetradic

#4D278C #8C2734 #668C27 #278C7F

square

#4D278C #8C2734 #668C27 #278C7F

split-complementary

#4D278C #8C7F27 #348C27

monochromatic

#180C2C #331A5C #4D278C #6734BC #885CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#4D278C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4D278C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D278C

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D278C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D278C	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d278c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.157 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ae',
    500: '#4d278c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d278c;
$custom-light: #8564ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d278c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.574,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3844,
    "c": 0.15706,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D278C

secondary

#93B758

accent

#E048A7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D278C

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

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