#4E2779#4E2779

#4E2779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.134 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2779
RGB	rgb(78, 39, 121)
HSL	hsl(269, 51%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 68%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 67.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.11, 35.51, -40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.11, 53.50, 311.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.99% 0.0712 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(36.99% 0.134 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3178, 4.4512, 18.5591)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 6.36

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2779 #527927

analogous

#272979 #4E2779 #772779

triadic

#4E2779 #794E27 #27794E

tetradic

#4E2779 #792729 #527927 #277977

square

#4E2779 #792729 #527927 #277977

split-complementary

#4E2779 #797727 #297927

monochromatic

#12091C #30184B #4E2779 #6C36A7 #8A53C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#4E2779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2779

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2779	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#063B77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 39, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.134 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8364a0',
    500: '#4e2779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2779;
$custom-light: #8364a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.537,
    "s": 51.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36986,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2779

secondary

#80AB51

accent

#DB4D97

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2779

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

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