#4E279F#4E279F

#4E279F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.180 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E279F
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 159)
HSL	hsl(260, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.9%, 75.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.31, 46.02, -58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.31, 74.35, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.064 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.18 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1236, 5.5735, 33.3365)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E279F #789F27

analogous

#273C9F #4E279F #8A279F

triadic

#4E279F #9F4E27 #279F4E

tetradic

#4E279F #9F273C #789F27 #279F8A

square

#4E279F #9F273C #789F27 #279F8A

split-complementary

#4E279F #9F8A27 #3C9F27

monochromatic

#1E0F3D #361B6E #4E279F #6736CE #8C67DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#4E279F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E279F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E279F

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E279F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E279F	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324861

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e279f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.180 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8865bc',
    500: '#4e279f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e279f;
$custom-light: #8865bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e279f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.5,
    "s": 60.606,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40258,
    "c": 0.17951,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E279F

secondary

#A1C062

accent

#E444B0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E279F

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

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