#4E276B#4E276B

#4E276B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.117 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E276B
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 107)
HSL	hsl(274, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 63.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.10, 31.82, -32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.10, 45.60, 314.26°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.072 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.117 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.5207, 4.1324, 14.3612)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E276B #446B27

analogous

#2C276B #4E276B #6B2766

triadic

#4E276B #6B4E27 #276B4E

tetradic

#4E276B #6B2C27 #446B27 #27666B

square

#4E276B #6B2C27 #446B27 #27666B

split-complementary

#4E276B #666B27 #276B2C

monochromatic

#100816 #2D173E #4E276B #6F3798 #8E4EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#4E276B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E276B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E276B

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E276B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E276B	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#09386D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A3445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e276b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.117 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826396',
    500: '#4e276b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e276b;
$custom-light: #826396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e276b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.412,
    "s": 46.575,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35936,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.04132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E276B

secondary

#719E50

accent

#D6528A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E276B

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

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