#4E2477#4E2477

#4E2477 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.136 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2477
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 119)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 69.7%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.36, 36.61, -39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.36, 54.18, 312.50°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.0751 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.136 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1018, 4.2134, 17.8883)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2477 #4D7724

analogous

#242477 #4E2477 #772476

triadic

#4E2477 #774E24 #24774E

tetradic

#4E2477 #772424 #4D7724 #247677

square

#4E2477 #772424 #4D7724 #247677

split-complementary

#4E2477 #767724 #247724

monochromatic

#100819 #2F1648 #4E2477 #6D32A6 #8B4CC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4E2477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E2477 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2477

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2477	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043A75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.136 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83629f',
    500: '#4e2477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2477;
$custom-light: #83629f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.361,
    "s": 53.548,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36401,
    "c": 0.13606,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2477

secondary

#7BAA4D

accent

#DD4B93

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2477

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

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