#4E227A#4E227A

#4E227A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.142 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E227A
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.22, 38.44, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.22, 57.00, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.077 -0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.142 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2259, 4.1689, 18.8326)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.14

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E227A #4E7A22

analogous

#22227A #4E227A #7A227A

triadic

#4E227A #7A4E22 #227A4E

tetradic

#4E227A #7A2222 #4E7A22 #227A7A

square

#4E227A #7A2222 #4E7A22 #227A7A

split-complementary

#4E227A #7A7A22 #227A22

monochromatic

#11071A #2F154A #4E227A #6D2FAA #8B4ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#4E227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E227A

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E227A	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.142 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a1',
    500: '#4e227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e227a;
$custom-light: #8461a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36374,
    "c": 0.14236,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E227A

secondary

#7CAD4B

accent

#E04894

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E227A

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

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