#4E2872#4E2872

#4E2872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.124 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2872
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 114)
HSL	hsl(271, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 65%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 64.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 33.08, -36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 48.92, 312.55°)
OKLab	oklab(36.6% 0.0705 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(36.6% 0.124 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9373, 4.3522, 16.3909)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2872 #4C7228

analogous

#292872 #4E2872 #722871

triadic

#4E2872 #724E28 #28724E

tetradic

#4E2872 #722928 #4C7228 #287172

square

#4E2872 #722928 #4C7228 #287172

split-complementary

#4E2872 #717228 #287229

monochromatic

#100817 #2F1845 #4E2872 #6D389F #8C52C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#4E2872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#4E2872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2872

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2872	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#163B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.124 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83649b',
    500: '#4e2872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2872;
$custom-light: #83649b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.811,
    "s": 48.052,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.366,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2872

secondary

#7AA452

accent

#D85092

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2872

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →