#4E2772#4E2772

#4E2772 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.126 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2772
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 49%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 65.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.59, 33.65, -36.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.59, 49.55, 312.76°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% 0.0718 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.126 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.9040, 4.2857, 16.3798)
Luminance	0.0429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2772 #4B7227

analogous

#282772 #4E2772 #722771

triadic

#4E2772 #724E27 #27724E

tetradic

#4E2772 #722827 #4B7227 #277172

square

#4E2772 #722827 #4B7227 #277172

split-complementary

#4E2772 #717227 #277228

monochromatic

#100817 #2F1744 #4E2772 #6D37A0 #8C50C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.31

#4E2772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#4E2772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2772

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2772	1.00	11.31	1.86	11.31
#FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003974

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143A70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.126 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83649b',
    500: '#4e2772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2772;
$custom-light: #83649b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 49.02,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36449,
    "c": 0.12556,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2772

secondary

#79A450

accent

#D94F91

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2772

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

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