#4E277A#4E277A

#4E277A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.135 H 301.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E277A
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.19, 35.78, -40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.19, 54.06, 311.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0711 -0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.135 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3794, 4.4759, 18.8837)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.27

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E277A #537A27

analogous

#272A7A #4E277A #78277A

triadic

#4E277A #7A4E27 #277A4E

tetradic

#4E277A #7A272A #537A27 #277A78

square

#4E277A #7A272A #537A27 #277A78

split-complementary

#4E277A #7A7827 #2A7A27

monochromatic

#13091D #30184C #4E277A #6C36A8 #8A53C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#4E277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E277A

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E277A	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.135 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364a1',
    500: '#4e277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e277a;
$custom-light: #8364a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.193,
    "s": 51.553,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37064,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E277A

secondary

#81AC51

accent

#DB4D98

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E277A

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

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