#4E2079#4E2079

#4E2079 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.144 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2079
RGB	rgb(78, 32, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 58%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.78, 39.19, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.78, 57.57, 312.91°)
OKLab	oklab(36.03% 0.0794 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(36.03% 0.144 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1088, 4.0332, 18.4894)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.81

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2079 #4B7920

analogous

#212079 #4E2079 #792078

triadic

#4E2079 #794E20 #20794E

tetradic

#4E2079 #792120 #4B7920 #207879

square

#4E2079 #792120 #4B7920 #207879

split-complementary

#4E2079 #787920 #207921

monochromatic

#100618 #2F1349 #4E2079 #6D2DA9 #8C45CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4E2079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2079 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2079

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2079	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 32, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.144 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a0',
    500: '#4e2079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2079;
$custom-light: #8460a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.011,
    "s": 58.17,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36034,
    "c": 0.14385,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2079

secondary

#79AC49

accent

#E14691

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2079

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

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