#4E277E#4E277E

#4E277E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.140 H 300.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E277E
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 69%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, 36.86, -42.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 56.30, 310.90°)
OKLab	oklab(37.38% 0.0706 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(37.38% 0.14 300.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6324, 4.5770, 20.2160)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E277E #577E27

analogous

#272B7E #4E277E #7A277E

triadic

#4E277E #7E4E27 #277E4E

tetradic

#4E277E #7E272B #577E27 #277E7A

square

#4E277E #7E272B #577E27 #277E7A

split-complementary

#4E277E #7E7A27 #2B7E27

monochromatic

#140A21 #31194F #4E277E #6B35AD #8A55CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#4E277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E277E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E277E	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.140 300.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464a4',
    500: '#4e277e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e277e;
$custom-light: #8464a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.897,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37383,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 300.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E277E

secondary

#85AF52

accent

#DC4C9B

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E277E

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

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