#4E227E#4E227E

#4E227E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.147 H 301.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E227E
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.55, 39.49, -44.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.55, 59.20, 311.85°)
OKLab	oklab(36.71% 0.0763 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(36.71% 0.147 301.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.4789, 4.2701, 20.1648)
Luminance	0.0427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E227E #527E22

analogous

#22247E #4E227E #7C227E

triadic

#4E227E #7E4E22 #227E4E

tetradic

#4E227E #7E2224 #527E22 #227E7C

square

#4E227E #7E2224 #527E22 #227E7C

split-complementary

#4E227E #7E7C22 #247E22

monochromatic

#12081E #30154E #4E227E #6C2FAE #8A4CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.33

#4E227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E227E

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E227E	1.00	11.33	1.85	11.33
#FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.147 301.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a4',
    500: '#4e227e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e227e;
$custom-light: #8461a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36705,
    "c": 0.14701,
    "h": 301.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E227E

secondary

#80B14B

accent

#E14797

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E227E

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

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