#4E2175#4E2175

#4E2175 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.138 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2175
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 117)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 71.8%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 37.66, -39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 54.82, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0789 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.138 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8959, 3.9918, 17.2334)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2175 #487521

analogous

#242175 #4E2175 #752172

triadic

#4E2175 #754E21 #21754E

tetradic

#4E2175 #752421 #487521 #217275

square

#4E2175 #752421 #487521 #217275

split-complementary

#4E2175 #727521 #217524

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1445 #4E2175 #6E2EA5 #8D46CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4E2175 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2175 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2175

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2175	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2175	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003777

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2175;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.138 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609d',
    500: '#4e2175',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2175;
$custom-light: #83609d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2175",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35837,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2175

secondary

#76A84A

accent

#DF498F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2175

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

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