#4D279B#4D279B

#4D279B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.175 H 291.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D279B
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 155)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.83, 44.73, -56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.83, 72.26, 308.25°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% 0.0635 -0.1629)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.175 291.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.7008, 5.3950, 31.5342)
Luminance	0.0539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D279B #759B27

analogous

#273B9B #4D279B #87279B

triadic

#4D279B #9B4D27 #279B4D

tetradic

#4D279B #9B273B #759B27 #279B87

square

#4D279B #9B273B #759B27 #279B87

split-complementary

#4D279B #9B8727 #3B9B27

monochromatic

#1C0E39 #351B6A #4D279B #6533CC #8A64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.10

#4D279B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4D279B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D279B

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D279B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D279B	1.00	10.10	2.08	10.10
#FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#33465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d279b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.175 291.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765b9',
    500: '#4d279b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d279b;
$custom-light: #8765b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d279b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.655,
    "s": 59.794,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39783,
    "c": 0.17484,
    "h": 291.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D279B

secondary

#9FBE60

accent

#E345AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D279B

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

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