#4E2279#4E2279

#4E2279 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.141 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2279
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 71.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.14, 38.18, -41.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.14, 56.45, 312.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.0771 -0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.141 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1643, 4.1442, 18.5079)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2279 #4D7922

analogous

#232279 #4E2279 #792278

triadic

#4E2279 #794E22 #22794E

tetradic

#4E2279 #792322 #4D7922 #227879

square

#4E2279 #792322 #4D7922 #227879

split-complementary

#4E2279 #787922 #227923

monochromatic

#100719 #2F1549 #4E2279 #6D2FA9 #8B49CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#4E2279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2279 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2279

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2279	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.141 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a0',
    500: '#4e2279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2279;
$custom-light: #8461a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.345,
    "s": 56.129,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36292,
    "c": 0.1412,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2279

secondary

#7BAC4B

accent

#DF4893

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2279

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

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