#4E278A#4E278A

#4E278A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.155 H 296.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E278A
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 138)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 71.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.46, 40.15, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.46, 62.97, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(38.38% 0.0687 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(38.38% 0.155 296.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.4536, 4.9055, 24.5413)
Luminance	0.0491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.43

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E278A #638A27

analogous

#27328A #4E278A #7F278A

triadic

#4E278A #8A4E27 #278A4E

tetradic

#4E278A #8A2732 #638A27 #278A7F

square

#4E278A #8A2732 #638A27 #278A7F

split-complementary

#4E278A #8A7F27 #328A27

monochromatic

#180C2B #331A5A #4E278A #6934BA #895BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#4E278A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#4E278A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E278A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E278A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E278A	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e278a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.155 296.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ad',
    500: '#4e278a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e278a;
$custom-light: #8564ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e278a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.636,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38381,
    "c": 0.15475,
    "h": 296.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E278A

secondary

#90B657

accent

#DF49A4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E278A

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

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