#4E2276#4E2276

#4E2276 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.138 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2276
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 118)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 71.2%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 37.40, -40.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 54.80, 313.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.0776 -0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.138 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9832, 4.0718, 17.5541)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2276 #4A7622

analogous

#242276 #4E2276 #762274

triadic

#4E2276 #764E22 #22764E

tetradic

#4E2276 #762422 #4A7622 #227476

square

#4E2276 #762422 #4A7622 #227476

split-complementary

#4E2276 #747622 #227624

monochromatic

#100718 #2F1446 #4E2276 #6D30A6 #8C48CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4E2276 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2276 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2276

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2276	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2276	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013974

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2276;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.138 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619e',
    500: '#4e2276',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2276;
$custom-light: #83619e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2276",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36049,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2276

secondary

#78A94B

accent

#DF4990

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2276

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

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