#4E276A#4E276A

#4E276A is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.116 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E276A
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 106)
HSL	hsl(275, 46%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 63%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 63.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 31.57, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 45.04, 314.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.072 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.116 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.4684, 4.1114, 14.0857)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E276A #436A27

analogous

#2C276A #4E276A #6A2764

triadic

#4E276A #6A4E27 #276A4E

tetradic

#4E276A #6A2C27 #436A27 #27646A

square

#4E276A #6A2C27 #436A27 #27646A

split-complementary

#4E276A #646A27 #276A2C

monochromatic

#100816 #2D173D #4E276A #6F3797 #8F4EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4E276A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E276A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E276A

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E276A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E276A	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B386C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D3A68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e276a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.116 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826395',
    500: '#4e276a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e276a;
$custom-light: #826395;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e276a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.925,
    "s": 46.207,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35865,
    "c": 0.1157,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E276A

secondary

#709D50

accent

#D65289

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF1

border

#CAC6CB

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E276A

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

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