#4E2274#4E2274

#4E2274 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.135 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2274
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 116)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.75, 36.88, -39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.75, 53.69, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.89% 0.0778 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(35.89% 0.135 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8656, 4.0248, 16.9348)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2274 #487422

analogous

#252274 #4E2274 #742271

triadic

#4E2274 #744E22 #22744E

tetradic

#4E2274 #742522 #487422 #227174

square

#4E2274 #742522 #487422 #227174

split-complementary

#4E2274 #717422 #227425

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1445 #4E2274 #6E30A3 #8D47C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#4E2274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2274 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2274

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2274	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.135 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619d',
    500: '#4e2274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2274;
$custom-light: #83619d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.195,
    "s": 54.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3589,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2274

secondary

#76A74B

accent

#DE4A8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2274

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

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