#4E2170#4E2170

#4E2170 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.132 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2170
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 112)
HSL	hsl(274, 54%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 70.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.26, 36.38, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.26, 52.06, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.0795 -0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.132 307)
XYZ	xyz(6.6098, 3.8773, 15.7263)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2170 #437021

analogous

#262170 #4E2170 #70216A

triadic

#4E2170 #704E21 #21704E

tetradic

#4E2170 #702621 #437021 #216A70

square

#4E2170 #702621 #437021 #216A70

split-complementary

#4E2170 #6A7021 #217026

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1341 #4E2170 #6F2F9F #8F44C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#4E2170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E2170 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2170

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2170	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D386E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483245

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.132 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609a',
    500: '#4e2170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2170;
$custom-light: #83609a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.177,
    "s": 54.483,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35442,
    "c": 0.13213,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2170

secondary

#70A449

accent

#DE4A8A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2170

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

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