#4D279E#4D279E

#4D279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.178 H 290.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D279E
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.11, 45.58, -58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.11, 73.87, 308.10°)
OKLab	oklab(40.06% 0.0627 -0.1669)
OKLCH	oklch(40.06% 0.178 290.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.9559, 5.4970, 32.8776)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D279E #789E27

analogous

#273C9E #4D279E #88279E

triadic

#4D279E #9E4D27 #279E4D

tetradic

#4D279E #9E273C #789E27 #279E88

square

#4D279E #9E273C #789E27 #279E88

split-complementary

#4D279E #9E8827 #3C9E27

monochromatic

#1D0F3C #351B6D #4D279E #6635CD #8B66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#4D279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4D279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D279E

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D279E	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.178 290.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765bc',
    500: '#4d279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d279e;
$custom-light: #8765bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.16,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40061,
    "c": 0.17835,
    "h": 290.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D279E

secondary

#A1BF62

accent

#E444B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D279E

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

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