#4E278B#4E278B

#4E278B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.156 H 296.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E278B
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.9%, 71.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.55, 40.43, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.55, 63.52, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% 0.0685 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.156 296.1)
XYZ	xyz(8.5264, 4.9346, 24.9243)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.53

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E278B #648B27

analogous

#27328B #4E278B #80278B

triadic

#4E278B #8B4E27 #278B4E

tetradic

#4E278B #8B2732 #648B27 #278B80

square

#4E278B #8B2732 #648B27 #278B80

split-complementary

#4E278B #8B8027 #328B27

monochromatic

#180C2B #331A5B #4E278B #6934BB #895BD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#4E278B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E278B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E278B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E278B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E278B	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e278b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.156 296.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ae',
    500: '#4e278b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e278b;
$custom-light: #8564ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e278b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.4,
    "s": 56.18,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38467,
    "c": 0.15594,
    "h": 296.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E278B

secondary

#91B658

accent

#DF48A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E278B

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

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