#4E2074#4E2074

#4E2074 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.138 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2074
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 116)
HSL	hsl(273, 57%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 72.4%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.38, 37.91, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.38, 54.83, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(35.63% 0.0802 -0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(35.63% 0.138 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8101, 3.9137, 16.9163)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2074 #467420

analogous

#242074 #4E2074 #742070

triadic

#4E2074 #744E20 #20744E

tetradic

#4E2074 #742420 #467420 #207074

square

#4E2074 #742420 #467420 #207074

split-complementary

#4E2074 #707420 #207424

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1344 #4E2074 #6E2DA4 #8E43CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.78

#4E2074 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E2074 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2074

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2074	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2074	1.00	11.78	1.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2074;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.138 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f9d',
    500: '#4e2074',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2074;
$custom-light: #835f9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2074",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.857,
    "s": 56.757,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35626,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2074

secondary

#73A848

accent

#E0488D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2074

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

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