#4E279E#4E279E

#4E279E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.178 H 291.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E279E
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.6%, 75.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 45.74, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 73.82, 308.29°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0643 -0.1664)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.178 291.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.0372, 5.5390, 32.8814)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E279E #779E27

analogous

#273B9E #4E279E #89279E

triadic

#4E279E #9E4E27 #279E4E

tetradic

#4E279E #9E273B #779E27 #279E89

square

#4E279E #9E273B #779E27 #279E89

split-complementary

#4E279E #9E8927 #3B9E27

monochromatic

#1E0F3C #361B6D #4E279E #6735CD #8C66D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E279E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E279E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E279E

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E279E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E279E	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334761

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e279e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.178 291.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865bc',
    500: '#4e279e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e279e;
$custom-light: #8865bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e279e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.664,
    "s": 60.406,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40166,
    "c": 0.17835,
    "h": 291.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E279E

secondary

#A1BF62

accent

#E444AF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E279E

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

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