#4E2478#4E2478

#4E2478 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.137 H 303.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2478
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 120)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 70%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 36.87, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 54.74, 312.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% 0.075 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.137 303.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1621, 4.2375, 18.2063)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2478 #4E7824

analogous

#242478 #4E2478 #782478

triadic

#4E2478 #784E24 #24784E

tetradic

#4E2478 #782424 #4E7824 #247878

square

#4E2478 #782424 #4E7824 #247878

split-complementary

#4E2478 #787824 #247824

monochromatic

#11081A #2F1649 #4E2478 #6D32A7 #8B4DCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#4E2478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2478 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2478

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2478	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.137 303.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362a0',
    500: '#4e2478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2478;
$custom-light: #8362a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36481,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 303.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2478

secondary

#7CAB4D

accent

#DD4B94

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2478

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

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