#4E277B#4E277B

#4E277B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.137 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E277B
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 68%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 68.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.26, 36.05, -41.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.26, 54.62, 311.30°)
OKLab	oklab(37.14% 0.071 -0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(37.14% 0.137 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4417, 4.5008, 19.2117)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E277B #547B27

analogous

#272A7B #4E277B #78277B

triadic

#4E277B #7B4E27 #277B4E

tetradic

#4E277B #7B272A #547B27 #277B78

square

#4E277B #7B272A #547B27 #277B78

split-complementary

#4E277B #7B7827 #2A7B27

monochromatic

#130A1E #31184D #4E277B #6B36A9 #8A54C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#4E277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E277B

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E277B	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013B79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.137 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364a2',
    500: '#4e277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e277b;
$custom-light: #8364a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.857,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37143,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E277B

secondary

#82AD51

accent

#DB4C99

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E277B

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

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