#4E279D#4E279D

#4E279D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.177 H 291.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E279D
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 157)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 75.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.13, 45.46, -57.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.13, 73.29, 308.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% 0.0645 -0.165)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.177 291.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.9515, 5.5047, 32.4299)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E279D #769D27

analogous

#273B9D #4E279D #89279D

triadic

#4E279D #9D4E27 #279D4E

tetradic

#4E279D #9D273B #769D27 #279D89

square

#4E279D #9D273B #769D27 #279D89

split-complementary

#4E279D #9D8927 #3B9D27

monochromatic

#1D0F3B #361B6C #4E279D #6735CD #8C66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#4E279D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4E279D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E279D

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E279D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E279D	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e279d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.177 291.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865bb',
    500: '#4e279d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e279d;
$custom-light: #8865bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e279d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.831,
    "s": 60.204,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40073,
    "c": 0.17718,
    "h": 291.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E279D

secondary

#A0BF61

accent

#E344AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E279D

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

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