#4E2470#4E2470

#4E2470 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.128 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2470
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 112)
HSL	hsl(273, 51%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 67.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.84, 34.79, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.84, 50.28, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% 0.0758 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.128 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6968, 4.0514, 15.7553)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2470 #467024

analogous

#282470 #4E2470 #70246C

triadic

#4E2470 #704E24 #24704E

tetradic

#4E2470 #702824 #467024 #246C70

square

#4E2470 #702824 #467024 #246C70

split-complementary

#4E2470 #6C7024 #247028

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1542 #4E2470 #6E339E #8E4AC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#4E2470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2470 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2470

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2470	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003772

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#12396E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483446

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.128 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629a',
    500: '#4e2470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2470;
$custom-light: #83629a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.158,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35858,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2470

secondary

#73A34D

accent

#DB4D8C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2470

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

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