#4E2373#4E2373

#4E2373 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.133 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2373
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 53%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 69.6%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.87, 36.10, -38.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.87, 52.55, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.95% 0.0768 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(35.95% 0.133 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8367, 4.0596, 16.6397)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2373 #487323

analogous

#262373 #4E2373 #732370

triadic

#4E2373 #734E23 #23734E

tetradic

#4E2373 #732623 #487323 #237073

square

#4E2373 #732623 #487323 #237073

split-complementary

#4E2373 #707323 #237326

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1544 #4E2373 #6E31A2 #8D49C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#4E2373 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2373 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2373

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2373	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2373	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2373;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.133 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619c',
    500: '#4e2373',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2373;
$custom-light: #83619c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2373",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.25,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35948,
    "c": 0.13275,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2373

secondary

#76A64C

accent

#DD4B8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2373

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

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