#4E277C#4E277C

#4E277C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.138 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E277C
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(268, 52%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 68.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.34, 36.32, -41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.34, 55.18, 311.16°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.0709 -0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.138 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.5046, 4.5259, 19.5431)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E277C #557C27

analogous

#272B7C #4E277C #79277C

triadic

#4E277C #7C4E27 #277C4E

tetradic

#4E277C #7C272B #557C27 #277C79

square

#4E277C #7C272B #557C27 #277C79

split-complementary

#4E277C #7C7927 #2B7C27

monochromatic

#130A1F #31184D #4E277C #6B36AB #8A54C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#4E277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E277C

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E277C	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.138 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464a3',
    500: '#4e277c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e277c;
$custom-light: #8464a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.529,
    "s": 52.147,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37223,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E277C

secondary

#83AE51

accent

#DC4C9A

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E277C

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

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