#4E227D#4E227D

#4E227D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.146 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E227D
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 57%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.46, 39.23, -43.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.46, 58.65, 311.98°)
OKLab	oklab(36.62% 0.0765 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(36.62% 0.146 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.4147, 4.2444, 19.8267)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E227D #517D22

analogous

#22237D #4E227D #7B227D

triadic

#4E227D #7D4E22 #227D4E

tetradic

#4E227D #7D2223 #517D22 #227D7B

square

#4E227D #7D2223 #517D22 #227D7B

split-complementary

#4E227D #7D7B22 #237D22

monochromatic

#12081D #30154D #4E227D #6C2FAD #8B4BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4E227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E227D

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E227D	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.146 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a3',
    500: '#4e227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e227d;
$custom-light: #8461a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.011,
    "s": 57.233,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36621,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E227D

secondary

#7FB04B

accent

#E04796

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E227D

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

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