#4E2077#4E2077

#4E2077 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.142 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2077
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 119)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 73.1%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 38.68, -41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 56.47, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0797 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.142 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9874, 3.9847, 17.8502)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2077 #497720

analogous

#222077 #4E2077 #772075

triadic

#4E2077 #774E20 #20774E

tetradic

#4E2077 #772220 #497720 #207577

square

#4E2077 #772220 #497720 #207577

split-complementary

#4E2077 #757720 #207722

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1347 #4E2077 #6E2DA7 #8D45CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4E2077 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2077 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2077

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2077	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2077	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2077;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.142 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84609f',
    500: '#4e2077',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2077;
$custom-light: #84609f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2077",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.724,
    "s": 57.616,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3587,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2077

secondary

#77AA48

accent

#E1478F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2077

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

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