#4E2271#4E2271

#4E2271 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.132 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2271
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 113)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 69.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 36.11, -37.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 52.03, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% 0.0782 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.132 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6939, 3.9561, 16.0305)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2271 #457122

analogous

#272271 #4E2271 #71226D

triadic

#4E2271 #714E22 #22714E

tetradic

#4E2271 #712722 #457122 #226D71

square

#4E2271 #712722 #457122 #226D71

split-complementary

#4E2271 #6D7122 #227127

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1442 #4E2271 #6E30A0 #8E46C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4E2271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2271 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2271

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2271	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D386F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.132 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609a',
    500: '#4e2271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2271;
$custom-light: #83609a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.418,
    "s": 53.741,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35655,
    "c": 0.13186,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2271

secondary

#72A44A

accent

#DD4B8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2271

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

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