#4E278C#4E278C

#4E278C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.157 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E278C
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.3%, 72.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.63, 40.71, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.63, 64.07, 309.45°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0683 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.157 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.5998, 4.9640, 25.3109)
Luminance	0.0496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.63

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E278C #658C27

analogous

#27338C #4E278C #80278C

triadic

#4E278C #8C4E27 #278C4E

tetradic

#4E278C #8C2733 #658C27 #278C80

square

#4E278C #8C2733 #658C27 #278C80

split-complementary

#4E278C #8C8027 #338C27

monochromatic

#190C2C #331A5C #4E278C #6934BC #895CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.54

#4E278C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#4E278C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E278C

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E278C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E278C	1.00	10.54	1.99	10.54
#FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e278c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.157 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8564ae',
    500: '#4e278c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e278c;
$custom-light: #8564ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e278c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.168,
    "s": 56.425,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38553,
    "c": 0.15714,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E278C

secondary

#92B758

accent

#E048A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E278C

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

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