#4D279D#4D279D

#4D279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.177 H 290.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D279D
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 45.30, -57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 73.34, 308.15°)
OKLab	oklab(39.97% 0.063 -0.1656)
OKLCH	oklch(39.97% 0.177 290.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8702, 5.4627, 32.4261)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D279D #779D27

analogous

#273C9D #4D279D #88279D

triadic

#4D279D #9D4D27 #279D4D

tetradic

#4D279D #9D273C #779D27 #279D88

square

#4D279D #9D273C #779D27 #279D88

split-complementary

#4D279D #9D8827 #3C9D27

monochromatic

#1D0F3B #351B6C #4D279D #6635CD #8B66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4D279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4D279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D279D

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D279D	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.177 290.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765bb',
    500: '#4d279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d279d;
$custom-light: #8765bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.322,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39968,
    "c": 0.17718,
    "h": 290.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D279D

secondary

#A1BF61

accent

#E344B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D279D

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

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