#4E2374#4E2374

#4E2374 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.134 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2374
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 116)
HSL	hsl(272, 54%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 70%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 69.8%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.94, 36.36, -38.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.94, 53.11, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(36.03% 0.0766 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(36.03% 0.134 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8946, 4.0828, 16.9444)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2374 #497423

analogous

#262374 #4E2374 #742372

triadic

#4E2374 #744E23 #23744E

tetradic

#4E2374 #742623 #497423 #237274

square

#4E2374 #742623 #497423 #237274

split-complementary

#4E2374 #727423 #237426

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1545 #4E2374 #6E31A3 #8D49C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4E2374 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2374 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2374

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2374	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2374	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2374;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.134 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619d',
    500: '#4e2374',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2374;
$custom-light: #83619d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2374",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.852,
    "s": 53.642,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36026,
    "c": 0.13394,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2374

secondary

#77A74C

accent

#DD4B8F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2374

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

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