#4E227C#4E227C

#4E227C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.145 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E227C
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 124)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 72.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.38, 38.97, -43.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.38, 58.10, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.54% 0.0766 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(36.54% 0.145 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.3511, 4.2190, 19.4919)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.98

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E227C #507C22

analogous

#22237C #4E227C #7B227C

triadic

#4E227C #7C4E22 #227C4E

tetradic

#4E227C #7C2223 #507C22 #227C7B

square

#4E227C #7C2223 #507C22 #227C7B

split-complementary

#4E227C #7C7B22 #237C22

monochromatic

#12081C #30154C #4E227C #6C2FAC #8B4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#4E227C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E227C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E227C

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E227C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E227C	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e227c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.145 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a3',
    500: '#4e227c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e227c;
$custom-light: #8461a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e227c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.333,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36538,
    "c": 0.14469,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.04219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E227C

secondary

#7EAF4B

accent

#E04896

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E227C

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

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