#4E2874#4E2874

#4E2874 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.126 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2874
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 116)
HSL	hsl(270, 49%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 66%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 65.5%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.95, 33.61, -37.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.95, 50.05, 312.18°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0704 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.126 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0524, 4.3983, 16.9970)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2874 #4E7428

analogous

#282874 #4E2874 #742874

triadic

#4E2874 #744E28 #28744E

tetradic

#4E2874 #742828 #4E7428 #287474

square

#4E2874 #742828 #4E7428 #287474

split-complementary

#4E2874 #747428 #287428

monochromatic

#110919 #2F1846 #4E2874 #6D38A2 #8B53C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#4E2874 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2874 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2874

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2874	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2874	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133B72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#47384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2874;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.126 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83649c',
    500: '#4e2874',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2874;
$custom-light: #83649c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2874",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3675,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2874

secondary

#7CA652

accent

#D85094

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2874

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

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