#4E2471#4E2471

#4E2471 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.129 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2471
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 113)
HSL	hsl(273, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 68%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 68.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.91, 35.04, -36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.91, 50.84, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% 0.0757 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.129 306)
XYZ	xyz(6.7528, 4.0738, 16.0502)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2471 #477124

analogous

#272471 #4E2471 #71246E

triadic

#4E2471 #714E24 #24714E

tetradic

#4E2471 #712724 #477124 #246E71

square

#4E2471 #712724 #477124 #246E71

split-complementary

#4E2471 #6E7124 #247127

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1543 #4E2471 #6E339F #8D4AC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#4E2471 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E2471 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2471

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2471	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2471	1.00	11.57	1.81	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003873

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11396F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483447

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2471;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.129 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629a',
    500: '#4e2471',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2471;
$custom-light: #83629a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2471",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 51.678,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35934,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.04074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2471

secondary

#74A44D

accent

#DB4D8D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2471

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

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