#4D279F#4D279F

#4D279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.180 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D279F
RGB	rgb(77, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(259, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 45.86, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 74.41, 308.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% 0.0625 -0.1683)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.18 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.0423, 5.5316, 33.3327)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D279F #799F27

analogous

#273D9F #4D279F #89279F

triadic

#4D279F #9F4D27 #279F4D

tetradic

#4D279F #9F273D #799F27 #279F89

square

#4D279F #9F273D #799F27 #279F89

split-complementary

#4D279F #9F8927 #3D9F27

monochromatic

#1D0F3D #351B6E #4D279F #6636CE #8B67DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#4D279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4D279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D279F

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D279F	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.180 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765bc',
    500: '#4d279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d279f;
$custom-light: #8765bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40154,
    "c": 0.17951,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D279F

secondary

#A2C062

accent

#E444B1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D279F

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

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