#4E2873#4E2873

#4E2873 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.125 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2873
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 115)
HSL	hsl(270, 48%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 65%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 65.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.87, 33.34, -36.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.87, 49.49, 312.36°)
OKLab	oklab(36.68% 0.0704 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(36.68% 0.125 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9945, 4.3751, 16.6923)
Luminance	0.0437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2873 #4D7328

analogous

#282873 #4E2873 #732872

triadic

#4E2873 #734E28 #28734E

tetradic

#4E2873 #732828 #4D7328 #287273

square

#4E2873 #732828 #4D7328 #287273

split-complementary

#4E2873 #727328 #287328

monochromatic

#100818 #2F1846 #4E2873 #6D38A0 #8B52C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#4E2873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2873 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2873

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2873	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.125 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83649c',
    500: '#4e2873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2873;
$custom-light: #83649c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.4,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36675,
    "c": 0.12524,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2873

secondary

#7BA552

accent

#D85093

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2873

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

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