#4E278F#4E278F

#4E278F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.161 H 294.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E278F
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 143)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.5%, 72.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 41.54, -50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 65.71, 309.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% 0.0677 -0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.161 294.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.8240, 5.0537, 26.4918)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E278F #688F27

analogous

#27348F #4E278F #82278F

triadic

#4E278F #8F4E27 #278F4E

tetradic

#4E278F #8F2734 #688F27 #278F82

square

#4E278F #8F2734 #688F27 #278F82

split-complementary

#4E278F #8F8227 #348F27

monochromatic

#1A0D2F #341A5F #4E278F #6834BF #8A5DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#4E278F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4E278F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E278F

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E278F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E278F	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004092

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e278f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.161 294.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b1',
    500: '#4e278f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e278f;
$custom-light: #8665b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e278f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38814,
    "c": 0.16071,
    "h": 294.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E278F

secondary

#95B85A

accent

#E047A7

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E278F

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

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