#4E2877#4E2877

#4E2877 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.130 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2877
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 119)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 66%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 34.41, -38.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 51.75, 311.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.98% 0.0701 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(36.98% 0.13 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2297, 4.4692, 17.9309)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2877 #517728

analogous

#282977 #4E2877 #752877

triadic

#4E2877 #774E28 #28774E

tetradic

#4E2877 #772829 #517728 #287775

square

#4E2877 #772829 #517728 #287775

split-complementary

#4E2877 #777528 #297728

monochromatic

#12091B #301949 #4E2877 #6C37A5 #8B54C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.09

#4E2877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#4E2877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2877

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2877	1.00	11.09	1.89	11.09
#FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3B75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.130 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83649f',
    500: '#4e2877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2877;
$custom-light: #83649f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.861,
    "s": 49.686,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36978,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2877

secondary

#7FA952

accent

#D94F97

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2877

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

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