#4E227F#4E227F

#4E227F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.148 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E227F
RGB	rgb(78, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(268, 58%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 73%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.63, 39.76, -44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.63, 59.74, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.79% 0.0761 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(36.79% 0.148 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5437, 4.2960, 20.5063)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E227F #537F22

analogous

#22257F #4E227F #7D227F

triadic

#4E227F #7F4E22 #227F4E

tetradic

#4E227F #7F2225 #537F22 #227F7D

square

#4E227F #7F2225 #537F22 #227F7D

split-complementary

#4E227F #7F7D22 #257F22

monochromatic

#13081E #30154F #4E227F #6C2FAF #8A4CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.30

#4E227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E227F

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E227F	1.00	11.30	1.86	11.30
#FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.148 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a5',
    500: '#4e227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e227f;
$custom-light: #8461a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.387,
    "s": 57.764,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36789,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E227F

secondary

#81B24B

accent

#E14798

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E227F

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