#4E2770#4E2770

#4E2770 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.123 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2770
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 112)
HSL	hsl(272, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 65.2%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 33.12, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 48.42, 313.16°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% 0.0719 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.123 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7914, 4.2406, 15.7868)
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

#4E2770 #497027

analogous

#2A2770 #4E2770 #70276E

triadic

#4E2770 #704E27 #27704E

tetradic

#4E2770 #702A27 #497027 #276E70

square

#4E2770 #702A27 #497027 #276E70

split-complementary

#4E2770 #6E7027 #27702A

monochromatic

#100817 #2E1743 #4E2770 #6E379D #8D50C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4E2770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2770 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2770

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2770	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003972

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173A6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.123 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#826399',
    500: '#4e2770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2770;
$custom-light: #826399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.055,
    "s": 48.344,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.363,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2770

secondary

#77A250

accent

#D8508F

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2770

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

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