#4F278E#4F278E

#4F278E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.160 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4F278E
RGB	rgb(79, 39, 142)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(263, 73%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 72.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.92, 41.45, -50.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.92, 65.13, 309.53°)
OKLab	oklab(38.84% 0.0695 -0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(38.84% 0.16 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8312, 5.0661, 26.0985)
Luminance	0.0507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.79

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4F278E #668E27

analogous

#27328E #4F278E #82278E

triadic

#4F278E #8E4F27 #278E4F

tetradic

#4F278E #8E2732 #668E27 #278E82

square

#4F278E #8E2732 #668E27 #278E82

split-complementary

#4F278E #8E8227 #328E27

monochromatic

#1A0D2E #341A5E #4F278E #6A34BE #8B5DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.43

#4F278E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#4F278E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4F278E

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4F278E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4F278E	1.00	10.43	2.01	10.43
#FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3E4158

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4f278e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(79, 39, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.160 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8665b0',
    500: '#4f278e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4f278e;
$custom-light: #8665b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4f278e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 79,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.301,
    "s": 56.906,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3884,
    "c": 0.1596,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4F278E

secondary

#93B859

accent

#E048A5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#F0EBF5

border

#CBC6CF

text

#0C0611

muted

#7D7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4F278E

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

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