#4E2072#4E2072

#4E2072 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.136 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2072
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 71.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 37.40, -38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 53.74, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0805 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.136 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6950, 3.8677, 16.3102)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2072 #447220

analogous

#252072 #4E2072 #72206D

triadic

#4E2072 #724E20 #20724E

tetradic

#4E2072 #722520 #447220 #206D72

square

#4E2072 #722520 #447220 #206D72

split-complementary

#4E2072 #6D7220 #207225

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1342 #4E2072 #6F2DA2 #8E42CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#4E2072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E2072 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2072

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2072	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.136 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f9b',
    500: '#4e2072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2072;
$custom-light: #835f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.659,
    "s": 56.164,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35467,
    "c": 0.13585,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2072

secondary

#71A648

accent

#DF488B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2072

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

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