#4E2377#4E2377

#4E2377 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.137 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2377
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 119)
HSL	hsl(271, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 70.6%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.17, 37.14, -40.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.17, 54.77, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.26% 0.0763 -0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(36.26% 0.137 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0719, 4.1537, 17.8784)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2377 #4C7723

analogous

#242377 #4E2377 #772376

triadic

#4E2377 #774E23 #23774E

tetradic

#4E2377 #772423 #4C7723 #237677

square

#4E2377 #772423 #4C7723 #237677

split-complementary

#4E2377 #767723 #237724

monochromatic

#100718 #2F1548 #4E2377 #6D31A6 #8C4ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E2377 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E2377 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2377

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2377	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2377	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013975

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2377;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.137 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83619f',
    500: '#4e2377',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2377;
$custom-light: #83619f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2377",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.714,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36264,
    "c": 0.13748,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2377

secondary

#7AAA4C

accent

#DE4A92

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2377

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

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