#4E2273#4E2273

#4E2273 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.134 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2273
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 115)
HSL	hsl(273, 54%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 70.4%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 36.63, -38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 53.14, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.078 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.134 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8077, 4.0016, 16.6301)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2273 #477322

analogous

#262273 #4E2273 #732270

triadic

#4E2273 #734E22 #22734E

tetradic

#4E2273 #732622 #477322 #227073

square

#4E2273 #732622 #477322 #227073

split-complementary

#4E2273 #707322 #227326

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1444 #4E2273 #6E30A2 #8D47C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#4E2273 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2273 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2273

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2273	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2273	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2273;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.134 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619c',
    500: '#4e2273',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2273;
$custom-light: #83619c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2273",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.593,
    "s": 54.362,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35811,
    "c": 0.1342,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2273

secondary

#74A64B

accent

#DE4A8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2273

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

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