#4E2073#4E2073

#4E2073 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.137 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2073
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 115)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 72.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.31, 37.66, -39.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.31, 54.28, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% 0.0803 -0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.137 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7522, 3.8906, 16.6116)
Luminance	0.0389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2073 #457320

analogous

#252073 #4E2073 #73206F

triadic

#4E2073 #734E20 #20734E

tetradic

#4E2073 #732520 #457320 #206F73

square

#4E2073 #732520 #457320 #206F73

split-complementary

#4E2073 #6F7320 #207325

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1343 #4E2073 #6E2DA3 #8E43CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.81

#4E2073 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E2073 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2073

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2073	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2073	1.00	11.81	1.78	11.81
#FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003675

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2073;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.137 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f9c',
    500: '#4e2073',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2073;
$custom-light: #835f9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2073",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.253,
    "s": 56.463,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35546,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2073

secondary

#72A748

accent

#E0488C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2073

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

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