#4E279C#4E279C

#4E279C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.176 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E279C
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 156)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 75%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.04, 45.18, -57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.04, 72.75, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(39.98% 0.0648 -0.1637)
OKLCH	oklch(39.98% 0.176 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.8665, 5.4707, 31.9821)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E279C #759C27

analogous

#273A9C #4E279C #88279C

triadic

#4E279C #9C4E27 #279C4E

tetradic

#4E279C #9C273A #759C27 #279C88

square

#4E279C #9C273A #759C27 #279C88

split-complementary

#4E279C #9C8827 #3A9C27

monochromatic

#1D0F3A #361B6B #4E279C #6734CC #8B65D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#4E279C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4E279C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E279C

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E279C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E279C	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34465F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e279c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.176 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865ba',
    500: '#4e279c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e279c;
$custom-light: #8865ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e279c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39981,
    "c": 0.17602,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E279C

secondary

#9FBE61

accent

#E345AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E279C

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

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