#4E2277#4E2277

#4E2277 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.139 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2277
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 37.66, -40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 55.35, 312.88°)
OKLab	oklab(36.13% 0.0774 -0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(36.13% 0.139 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0429, 4.0957, 17.8687)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2277 #4B7722

analogous

#232277 #4E2277 #772276

triadic

#4E2277 #774E22 #22774E

tetradic

#4E2277 #772322 #4B7722 #227677

square

#4E2277 #772322 #4B7722 #227677

split-complementary

#4E2277 #767722 #227723

monochromatic

#100718 #2F1447 #4E2277 #6D30A7 #8C49CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4E2277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2277 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2277

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2277	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.139 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619f',
    500: '#4e2277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2277;
$custom-light: #83619f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.059,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3613,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2277

secondary

#79AA4B

accent

#DF4991

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2277

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

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