#4E2071#4E2071

#4E2071 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.135 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2071
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 113)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 71.7%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.15, 37.15, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.15, 53.19, 314.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0806 -0.1079)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.135 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6384, 3.8451, 16.0120)
Luminance	0.0384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2071 #437120

analogous

#252071 #4E2071 #71206B

triadic

#4E2071 #714E20 #20714E

tetradic

#4E2071 #712520 #437120 #206B71

square

#4E2071 #712520 #437120 #206B71

split-complementary

#4E2071 #6B7120 #207125

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1241 #4E2071 #6F2EA1 #8F42C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.87

#4E2071 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E2071 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2071

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2071	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2071	1.00	11.87	1.77	11.87
#FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09386F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2071;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.135 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f9a',
    500: '#4e2071',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2071;
$custom-light: #835f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2071",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.074,
    "s": 55.862,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35388,
    "c": 0.1347,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2071

secondary

#70A548

accent

#DF498A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2071

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

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