#4E2176#4E2176

#4E2176 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.139 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2176
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 118)
HSL	hsl(272, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 72%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 72%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 37.92, -40.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 55.37, 313.22°)
OKLab	oklab(35.92% 0.0787 -0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(35.92% 0.139 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9550, 4.0154, 17.5447)
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

#4E2176 #497621

analogous

#242176 #4E2176 #762173

triadic

#4E2176 #764E21 #21764E

tetradic

#4E2176 #762421 #497621 #217376

square

#4E2176 #762421 #497621 #217376

split-complementary

#4E2176 #737621 #217624

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1446 #4E2176 #6E2EA6 #8D46CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4E2176 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2176 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2176

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2176	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2176	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003779

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2176;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.139 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609e',
    500: '#4e2176',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2176;
$custom-light: #83609e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2176",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 56.291,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35917,
    "c": 0.13907,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2176

secondary

#77A94A

accent

#E0488F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2176

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

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