#4E2778#4E2778

#4E2778 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.133 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2778
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 120)
HSL	hsl(269, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 67.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 35.24, -39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 52.93, 311.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.91% 0.0713 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(36.91% 0.133 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2568, 4.4268, 18.2378)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2778 #517827

analogous

#272878 #4E2778 #762778

triadic

#4E2778 #784E27 #27784E

tetradic

#4E2778 #782728 #517827 #277876

square

#4E2778 #782728 #517827 #277876

split-complementary

#4E2778 #787627 #287827

monochromatic

#12091C #30184A #4E2778 #6C36A6 #8B52C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#4E2778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2778 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2778

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2778	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#093B76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.133 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364a0',
    500: '#4e2778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2778;
$custom-light: #8364a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.889,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36908,
    "c": 0.13293,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2778

secondary

#7FAA51

accent

#DA4D97

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2778

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

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