#4E2472#4E2472

#4E2472 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.130 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2472
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 114)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 68%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 68.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 35.30, -37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 51.40, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(36.01% 0.0756 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(36.01% 0.13 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8094, 4.0964, 16.3483)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2472 #487224

analogous

#272472 #4E2472 #72246F

triadic

#4E2472 #724E24 #24724E

tetradic

#4E2472 #722724 #487224 #246F72

square

#4E2472 #722724 #487224 #246F72

split-complementary

#4E2472 #6F7224 #247227

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1543 #4E2472 #6E33A1 #8D4AC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#4E2472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2472

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2472	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003874

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3970

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483547

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.130 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629b',
    500: '#4e2472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2472;
$custom-light: #83629b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36011,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2472

secondary

#76A54D

accent

#DB4C8E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2472

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

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