#4D278E#4D278E

#4D278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.159 H 294.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D278E
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(262, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.8%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.68, 41.08, -50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.68, 65.20, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(38.62% 0.0664 -0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(38.62% 0.159 294.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6673, 4.9816, 26.0908)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D278E #688E27

analogous

#27348E #4D278E #80278E

triadic

#4D278E #8E4D27 #278E4D

tetradic

#4D278E #8E2734 #688E27 #278E80

square

#4D278E #8E2734 #688E27 #278E80

split-complementary

#4D278E #8E8027 #348E27

monochromatic

#190D2E #331A5E #4D278E #6734BE #885DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#4D278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4D278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D278E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D278E	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.159 294.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564b0',
    500: '#4d278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d278e;
$custom-light: #8564b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.136,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38615,
    "c": 0.15945,
    "h": 294.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D278E

secondary

#95B859

accent

#E048A8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D278E

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

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