#4E2172#4E2172

#4E2172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.134 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2172
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 36.89, -38.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 53.16, 313.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.6% 0.0793 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(35.6% 0.134 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7223, 3.9224, 16.3193)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2172 #457221

analogous

#262172 #4E2172 #72216E

triadic

#4E2172 #724E21 #21724E

tetradic

#4E2172 #722621 #457221 #216E72

square

#4E2172 #722621 #457221 #216E72

split-complementary

#4E2172 #6E7221 #217226

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1343 #4E2172 #6E2FA1 #8E44C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#4E2172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E2172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2172

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2172	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.134 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609b',
    500: '#4e2172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2172;
$custom-light: #83609b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35598,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2172

secondary

#72A549

accent

#DE498C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2172

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

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