#4E2378#4E2378

#4E2378 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.139 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2378
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 120)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 70.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.25, 37.40, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.25, 55.32, 312.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.34% 0.0761 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(36.34% 0.139 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1323, 4.1778, 18.1963)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2378 #4D7823

analogous

#232378 #4E2378 #782377

triadic

#4E2378 #784E23 #23784E

tetradic

#4E2378 #782323 #4D7823 #237778

square

#4E2378 #782323 #4D7823 #237778

split-complementary

#4E2378 #777823 #237823

monochromatic

#100719 #2F1549 #4E2378 #6D31A7 #8B4BCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.44

#4E2378 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2378 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2378

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2378	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2378	1.00	11.44	1.84	11.44
#FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003976

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46364A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2378;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.139 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8361a0',
    500: '#4e2378',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2378;
$custom-light: #8361a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2378",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.353,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36344,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2378

secondary

#7BAB4C

accent

#DE4A93

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2378

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

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