#4E2771#4E2771

#4E2771 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.124 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2771
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 113)
HSL	hsl(272, 49%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 65%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 65.5%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 33.38, -35.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 48.99, 312.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.37% 0.0718 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(36.37% 0.124 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8474, 4.2630, 16.0817)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2771 #4A7127

analogous

#292771 #4E2771 #71276F

triadic

#4E2771 #714E27 #27714E

tetradic

#4E2771 #712927 #4A7127 #276F71

square

#4E2771 #712927 #4A7127 #276F71

split-complementary

#4E2771 #6F7127 #277129

monochromatic

#100817 #2F1744 #4E2771 #6D379E #8C50C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#4E2771 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E2771 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2771

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2771	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2771	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)

#003973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163A6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2771;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.124 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83639a',
    500: '#4e2771',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2771;
$custom-light: #83639a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2771",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.622,
    "s": 48.684,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36374,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2771

secondary

#78A350

accent

#D85090

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2771

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

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