#4E2275#4E2275

#4E2275 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.137 H 304.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2275
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 117)
HSL	hsl(272, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 71%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 70.9%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 37.14, -39.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 54.24, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0777 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.137 304.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9241, 4.0481, 17.2428)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2275 #497522

analogous

#242275 #4E2275 #752273

triadic

#4E2275 #754E22 #22754E

tetradic

#4E2275 #752422 #497522 #227375

square

#4E2275 #752422 #497522 #227375

split-complementary

#4E2275 #737522 #227524

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1446 #4E2275 #6E30A4 #8D48CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4E2275 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2275 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2275

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2275	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2275	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003877

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043973

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2275;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.137 304.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619d',
    500: '#4e2275',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2275;
$custom-light: #83619d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2275",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.807,
    "s": 54.967,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3597,
    "c": 0.13653,
    "h": 304.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2275

secondary

#77A84B

accent

#DE498F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2275

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

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