#4E227B#4E227B

#4E227B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.144 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E227B
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.30, 38.71, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.30, 57.55, 312.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.46% 0.0768 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(36.46% 0.144 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2882, 4.1938, 19.1606)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.05

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E227B #4F7B22

analogous

#22227B #4E227B #7A227B

triadic

#4E227B #7B4E22 #227B4E

tetradic

#4E227B #7B2222 #4F7B22 #227B7A

square

#4E227B #7B2222 #4F7B22 #227B7A

split-complementary

#4E227B #7B7A22 #227B22

monochromatic

#11071B #30154B #4E227B #6C2FAB #8B4ACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42

#4E227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E227B

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E227B	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.144 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a2',
    500: '#4e227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e227b;
$custom-light: #8461a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.663,
    "s": 56.688,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36456,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E227B

secondary

#7DAE4B

accent

#E04895

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E227B

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

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