#4E276D#4E276D

#4E276D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.119 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E276D
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 109)
HSL	hsl(273, 47%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 64%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 64.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.24, 32.34, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.24, 46.73, 313.79°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.072 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.119 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.6271, 4.1749, 14.9218)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E276D #466D27

analogous

#2B276D #4E276D #6D2769

triadic

#4E276D #6D4E27 #276D4E

tetradic

#4E276D #6D2B27 #466D27 #27696D

square

#4E276D #6D2B27 #466D27 #27696D

split-complementary

#4E276D #696D27 #276D2B

monochromatic

#100817 #2E1740 #4E276D #6E379A #8E4FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4E276D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E276D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E276D

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E276D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E276D	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05386F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e276d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.119 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826397',
    500: '#4e276d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e276d;
$custom-light: #826397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e276d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.429,
    "s": 47.297,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3608,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E276D

secondary

#73A050

accent

#D7518C

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E276D

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

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