#4E2270#4E2270

#4E2270 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.131 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2270
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 112)
HSL	hsl(274, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 69.6%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 35.86, -36.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 51.48, 314.15°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0783 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.131 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6379, 3.9337, 15.7357)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2270 #447022

analogous

#272270 #4E2270 #70226B

triadic

#4E2270 #704E22 #22704E

tetradic

#4E2270 #702722 #447022 #226B70

square

#4E2270 #702722 #447022 #226B70

split-complementary

#4E2270 #6B7022 #227027

monochromatic

#100717 #2D1441 #4E2270 #6F309F #8E46C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#4E2270 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2270 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2270

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2270	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2270	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003672

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F386E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2270;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.131 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609a',
    500: '#4e2270',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2270;
$custom-light: #83609a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2270",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.846,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35578,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2270

secondary

#71A34A

accent

#DD4B8B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2270

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

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