#4E276E#4E276E

#4E276E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.121 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E276E
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 110)
HSL	hsl(273, 48%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 65%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 64.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 32.60, -34.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 47.29, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.15% 0.072 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(36.15% 0.121 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6813, 4.1966, 15.2069)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E276E #476E27

analogous

#2B276E #4E276E #6E276B

triadic

#4E276E #6E4E27 #276E4E

tetradic

#4E276E #6E2B27 #476E27 #276B6E

square

#4E276E #6E2B27 #476E27 #276B6E

split-complementary

#4E276E #6B6E27 #276E2B

monochromatic

#100817 #2E1741 #4E276E #6E379B #8D4FC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4E276E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E276E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E276E

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E276E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E276E	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#193A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#493546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e276e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.121 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826398',
    500: '#4e276e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e276e;
$custom-light: #826398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e276e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.958,
    "s": 47.651,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36153,
    "c": 0.12063,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E276E

secondary

#74A150

accent

#D7518D

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E276E

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

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