#4E2473#4E2473

#4E2473 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.131 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2473
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 115)
HSL	hsl(272, 52%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 69%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 68.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.06, 35.56, -37.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.06, 51.96, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.09% 0.0755 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(36.09% 0.131 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8666, 4.1193, 16.6497)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2473 #497324

analogous

#272473 #4E2473 #732471

triadic

#4E2473 #734E24 #24734E

tetradic

#4E2473 #732724 #497324 #247173

square

#4E2473 #732724 #497324 #247173

split-complementary

#4E2473 #717324 #247327

monochromatic

#100717 #2E1544 #4E2473 #6E33A2 #8D4BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#4E2473 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E2473 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2473

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2473	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2473	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3971

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473548

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2473;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.131 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629c',
    500: '#4e2473',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2473;
$custom-light: #83629c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2473",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 52.318,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36088,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2473

secondary

#77A64D

accent

#DC4C8F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2473

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

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