#4E279A#4E279A

#4E279A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.174 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E279A
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 154)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.4%, 74.7%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.85, 44.62, -56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.85, 71.68, 308.50°)
OKLab	oklab(39.8% 0.0653 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(39.8% 0.174 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(9.6985, 5.4035, 31.0976)
Luminance	0.0540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E279A #739A27

analogous

#27399A #4E279A #87279A

triadic

#4E279A #9A4E27 #279A4E

tetradic

#4E279A #9A2739 #739A27 #279A87

square

#4E279A #9A2739 #739A27 #279A87

split-complementary

#4E279A #9A8727 #399A27

monochromatic

#1D0E38 #351B69 #4E279A #6733CB #8B64D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4E279A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4E279A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E279A

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E279A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E279A	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00439D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e279a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.174 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8765b9',
    500: '#4e279a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e279a;
$custom-light: #8765b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e279a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.348,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39798,
    "c": 0.17368,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E279A

secondary

#9EBD5F

accent

#E345AD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E279A

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

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