#4E2372#4E2372

#4E2372 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.132 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2372
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 114)
HSL	hsl(273, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 69.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 35.84, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 52.00, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0769 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.132 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7795, 4.0367, 16.3383)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2372 #477223

analogous

#272372 #4E2372 #72236F

triadic

#4E2372 #724E23 #23724E

tetradic

#4E2372 #722723 #477223 #236F72

square

#4E2372 #722723 #477223 #236F72

split-complementary

#4E2372 #6F7223 #237227

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1543 #4E2372 #6E31A1 #8D48C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4E2372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2372 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2372

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2372	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003774

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.132 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619b',
    500: '#4e2372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2372;
$custom-light: #83619b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.658,
    "s": 53.02,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3587,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2372

secondary

#74A54C

accent

#DC4B8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2372

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

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