#4E2177#4E2177

#4E2177 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.140 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2177
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 72.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 38.18, -40.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 55.92, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(36% 0.0786 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(36% 0.14 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0148, 4.0393, 17.8593)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2177 #4A7721

analogous

#232177 #4E2177 #772175

triadic

#4E2177 #774E21 #21774E

tetradic

#4E2177 #772321 #4A7721 #217577

square

#4E2177 #772321 #4A7721 #217577

split-complementary

#4E2177 #757721 #217723

monochromatic

#100718 #2F1447 #4E2177 #6D2EA7 #8C47CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4E2177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2177 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2177

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2177	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)

#00387A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.140 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84609f',
    500: '#4e2177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2177;
$custom-light: #84609f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.395,
    "s": 56.579,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35998,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2177

secondary

#78AA4A

accent

#E04890

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2177

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

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