#4E277F#4E277F

#4E277F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.141 H 299.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E277F
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 127)
HSL	hsl(267, 53%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(267, 69%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 37.13, -43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 56.86, 310.77°)
OKLab	oklab(37.46% 0.0705 -0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(37.46% 0.141 299.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.6972, 4.6030, 20.5575)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E277F #587F27

analogous

#272C7F #4E277F #7A277F

triadic

#4E277F #7F4E27 #277F4E

tetradic

#4E277F #7F272C #587F27 #277F7A

square

#4E277F #7F272C #587F27 #277F7A

split-complementary

#4E277F #7F7A27 #2C7F27

monochromatic

#140A21 #311950 #4E277F #6B35AE #8A55CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#4E277F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#4E277F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E277F

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E277F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E277F	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#433B4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e277f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.141 299.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8464a5',
    500: '#4e277f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e277f;
$custom-light: #8464a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e277f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.591,
    "s": 53.012,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37464,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 299.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E277F

secondary

#86B052

accent

#DC4B9C

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E277F

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

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