#4E2774#4E2774

#4E2774 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.128 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2774
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 116)
HSL	hsl(270, 50%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 66.4%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 34.17, -37.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 50.68, 312.40°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.0717 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.128 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.0191, 4.3317, 16.9859)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2774 #4D7427

analogous

#282774 #4E2774 #742773

triadic

#4E2774 #744E27 #27744E

tetradic

#4E2774 #742827 #4D7427 #277374

square

#4E2774 #742827 #4D7427 #277374

split-complementary

#4E2774 #737427 #277428

monochromatic

#100818 #2F1846 #4E2774 #6D36A2 #8B51C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#4E2774 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E2774 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2774

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2774	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2774	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2774;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.128 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83649c',
    500: '#4e2774',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2774;
$custom-light: #83649c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2774",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.39,
    "s": 49.677,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.366,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.04332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2774

secondary

#7BA650

accent

#D94F93

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2774

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

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