#4E2479#4E2479

#4E2479 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.138 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2479
RGB	rgb(78, 36, 121)
HSL	hsl(270, 54%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 70%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 70.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 37.14, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 55.29, 312.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.56% 0.0748 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(36.56% 0.138 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2231, 4.2619, 18.5275)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.66

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2479 #4F7924

analogous

#242479 #4E2479 #782479

triadic

#4E2479 #794E24 #24794E

tetradic

#4E2479 #792424 #4F7924 #247978

square

#4E2479 #792424 #4F7924 #247978

split-complementary

#4E2479 #797824 #247924

monochromatic

#11081B #30164A #4E2479 #6C32A8 #8B4DCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4E2479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2479

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2479	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 36, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.138 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8362a0',
    500: '#4e2479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2479;
$custom-light: #8362a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.647,
    "s": 54.14,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36561,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2479

secondary

#7DAC4D

accent

#DE4A95

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2479

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

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