#4E2878#4E2878

#4E2878 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.131 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2878
RGB	rgb(78, 40, 120)
HSL	hsl(269, 50%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 67%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 66.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 34.68, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 52.32, 311.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.06% 0.0701 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(37.06% 0.131 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2900, 4.4933, 18.2489)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2878 #527828

analogous

#282A78 #4E2878 #762878

triadic

#4E2878 #784E28 #28784E

tetradic

#4E2878 #78282A #527828 #287876

square

#4E2878 #78282A #527828 #287876

split-complementary

#4E2878 #787628 #2A7828

monochromatic

#12091C #30194A #4E2878 #6C37A6 #8A54C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#4E2878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#4E2878 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2878

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2878	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3C76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 40, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.131 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83649f',
    500: '#4e2878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2878;
$custom-light: #83649f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37055,
    "c": 0.13144,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2878

secondary

#80AA52

accent

#DA4E97

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2878

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

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