#4E278D#4E278D

#4E278D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.158 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E278D
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 141)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 72.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 40.99, -49.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 64.62, 309.37°)
OKLab	oklab(38.64% 0.0681 -0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(38.64% 0.158 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.6738, 4.9936, 25.7010)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.73

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E278D #668D27

analogous

#27338D #4E278D #81278D

triadic

#4E278D #8D4E27 #278D4E

tetradic

#4E278D #8D2733 #668D27 #278D81

square

#4E278D #8D2733 #668D27 #278D81

split-complementary

#4E278D #8D8127 #338D27

monochromatic

#190C2D #331A5D #4E278D #6934BD #895CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#4E278D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E278D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E278D

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E278D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E278D	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D4157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e278d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.158 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665af',
    500: '#4e278d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e278d;
$custom-light: #8665af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e278d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.941,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3864,
    "c": 0.15833,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E278D

secondary

#93B759

accent

#E048A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0610

muted

#7D7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E278D

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

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