#4E2078#4E2078

#4E2078 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.143 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2078
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 120)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 73%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 73.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.70, 38.94, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.70, 57.02, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0795 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.143 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0478, 4.0088, 18.1681)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2078 #4A7820

analogous

#222078 #4E2078 #782076

triadic

#4E2078 #784E20 #20784E

tetradic

#4E2078 #782220 #4A7820 #207678

square

#4E2078 #782220 #4A7820 #207678

split-complementary

#4E2078 #767820 #207822

monochromatic

#100618 #2F1348 #4E2078 #6D2DA8 #8C45CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#4E2078 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2078 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2078

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2078	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2078	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2078;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.143 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a0',
    500: '#4e2078',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2078;
$custom-light: #8460a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2078",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.364,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35952,
    "c": 0.14271,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2078

secondary

#78AB48

accent

#E14790

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2078

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

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