#4E2871#4E2871

#4E2871 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.123 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2871
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 113)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 64.6%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.73, 32.81, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.73, 48.35, 312.74°)
OKLab	oklab(36.53% 0.0705 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(36.53% 0.123 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8807, 4.3296, 16.0928)
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

#4E2871 #4B7128

analogous

#2A2871 #4E2871 #71286F

triadic

#4E2871 #714E28 #28714E

tetradic

#4E2871 #712A28 #4B7128 #286F71

square

#4E2871 #712A28 #4B7128 #286F71

split-complementary

#4E2871 #6F7128 #28712A

monochromatic

#100817 #2F1844 #4E2871 #6D389E #8C52C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#4E2871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E2871 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2871

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2871	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)

#003A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173B6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.123 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82649a',
    500: '#4e2871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2871;
$custom-light: #82649a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.233,
    "s": 47.712,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36526,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2871

secondary

#79A352

accent

#D75091

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2871

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

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