#4E2272#4E2272

#4E2272 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.133 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2272
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.60, 36.37, -37.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.60, 52.59, 313.76°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.0781 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.133 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7505, 3.9787, 16.3287)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2272 #467222

analogous

#262272 #4E2272 #72226E

triadic

#4E2272 #724E22 #22724E

tetradic

#4E2272 #722622 #467222 #226E72

square

#4E2272 #722622 #467222 #226E72

split-complementary

#4E2272 #6E7222 #227226

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1443 #4E2272 #6E30A1 #8E46C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4E2272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2272 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2272

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2272	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.133 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619b',
    500: '#4e2272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2272;
$custom-light: #83619b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273,
    "s": 54.054,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35733,
    "c": 0.13303,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2272

secondary

#73A54B

accent

#DD4A8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2272

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

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