#4E278E#4E278E

#4E278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.160 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E278E
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.1%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.80, 41.27, -50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.80, 65.16, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.0679 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.16 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.7486, 5.0235, 26.0946)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E278E #678E27

analogous

#27348E #4E278E #81278E

triadic

#4E278E #8E4E27 #278E4E

tetradic

#4E278E #8E2734 #678E27 #278E81

square

#4E278E #8E2734 #678E27 #278E81

split-complementary

#4E278E #8E8127 #348E27

monochromatic

#190D2E #341A5E #4E278E #6834BE #895DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.47

#4E278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#4E278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E278E

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E278E	1.00	10.47	2.00	10.47
#FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.160 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b0',
    500: '#4e278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e278e;
$custom-light: #8665b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.718,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38727,
    "c": 0.15952,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E278E

secondary

#94B859

accent

#E048A6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E278E

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

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