#4E2370#4E2370

#4E2370 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.129 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2370
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 112)
HSL	hsl(274, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 69%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.64, 35.33, -36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.64, 50.89, 313.97°)
OKLab	oklab(35.72% 0.0771 -0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(35.72% 0.129 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6669, 3.9917, 15.7453)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2370 #457023

analogous

#272370 #4E2370 #70236C

triadic

#4E2370 #704E23 #23704E

tetradic

#4E2370 #702723 #457023 #236C70

square

#4E2370 #702723 #457023 #236C70

split-complementary

#4E2370 #6C7023 #237027

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1441 #4E2370 #6E329F #8E48C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#4E2370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2370 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2370

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2370	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11396E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.129 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619a',
    500: '#4e2370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2370;
$custom-light: #83619a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.506,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35716,
    "c": 0.12921,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2370

secondary

#72A34C

accent

#DC4C8B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2370

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

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