#4E2379#4E2379

#4E2379 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.140 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2379
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 71%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.33, 37.66, -41.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.33, 55.88, 312.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.43% 0.076 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(36.43% 0.14 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1933, 4.2022, 18.5176)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.44

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2379 #4E7923

analogous

#232379 #4E2379 #792379

triadic

#4E2379 #794E23 #23794E

tetradic

#4E2379 #792323 #4E7923 #237979

square

#4E2379 #792323 #4E7923 #237979

split-complementary

#4E2379 #797923 #237923

monochromatic

#11081A #2F154A #4E2379 #6D31A8 #8B4BCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.41

#4E2379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2379 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2379

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2379	1.00	11.41	1.84	11.41
#FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.140 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a0',
    500: '#4e2379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2379;
$custom-light: #8461a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 55.128,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36425,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2379

secondary

#7CAC4C

accent

#DE4994

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2379

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

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