#4E2278#4E2278

#4E2278 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.140 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2278
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 120)
HSL	hsl(271, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 71.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.06, 37.92, -41.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.06, 55.90, 312.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% 0.0773 -0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.14 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1033, 4.1198, 18.1866)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2278 #4C7822

analogous

#232278 #4E2278 #782277

triadic

#4E2278 #784E22 #22784E

tetradic

#4E2278 #782322 #4C7822 #227778

square

#4E2278 #782322 #4C7822 #227778

split-complementary

#4E2278 #777822 #227823

monochromatic

#100719 #2F1448 #4E2278 #6D30A8 #8C49CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#4E2278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2278 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2278

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2278	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.140 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a0',
    500: '#4e2278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2278;
$custom-light: #8461a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.698,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36211,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2278

secondary

#7AAB4B

accent

#DF4992

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2278

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

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