#4E2371#4E2371

#4E2371 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.130 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2371
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 113)
HSL	hsl(273, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 69%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 69%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.72, 35.58, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.72, 51.44, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.077 -0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.13 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7229, 4.0141, 16.0402)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2371 #467123

analogous

#272371 #4E2371 #71236D

triadic

#4E2371 #714E23 #23714E

tetradic

#4E2371 #712723 #467123 #236D71

square

#4E2371 #712723 #467123 #236D71

split-complementary

#4E2371 #6D7123 #237127

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1542 #4E2371 #6E31A0 #8E48C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#4E2371 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E2371 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2371

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2371	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2371	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003773

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F396F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2371;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.130 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619a',
    500: '#4e2371',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2371;
$custom-light: #83619a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2371",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.077,
    "s": 52.703,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35793,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2371

secondary

#73A44C

accent

#DC4C8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2371

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

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