#4E276C#4E276C

#4E276C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.118 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E276C
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 108)
HSL	hsl(274, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 64%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 63.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 32.08, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 46.17, 314.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.072 -0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.118 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5736, 4.1535, 14.6399)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E276C #456C27

analogous

#2C276C #4E276C #6C2768

triadic

#4E276C #6C4E27 #276C4E

tetradic

#4E276C #6C2C27 #456C27 #27686C

square

#4E276C #6C2C27 #456C27 #27686C

split-complementary

#4E276C #686C27 #276C2C

monochromatic

#100816 #2E173F #4E276C #6E3799 #8E4EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E276C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E276C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E276C

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E276C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E276C	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07386E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B3A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e276c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.118 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826396',
    500: '#4e276c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e276c;
$custom-light: #826396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e276c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36008,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E276C

secondary

#729F50

accent

#D7518B

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E276C

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

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