#4E2972#4E2972

#4E2972 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.122 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2972
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 114)
HSL	hsl(270, 47%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 64%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 64%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 32.51, -35.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 48.28, 312.32°)
OKLab	oklab(36.75% 0.0691 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(36.75% 0.122 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9714, 4.4205, 16.4023)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2972 #4D7229

analogous

#292972 #4E2972 #722971

triadic

#4E2972 #724E29 #29724E

tetradic

#4E2972 #722929 #4D7229 #297172

square

#4E2972 #722929 #4D7229 #297172

split-complementary

#4E2972 #717229 #297229

monochromatic

#100918 #2F1945 #4E2972 #6D399F #8B54C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#4E2972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#4E2972 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2972

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2972	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#173B70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.122 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82659b',
    500: '#4e2972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2972;
$custom-light: #82659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.411,
    "s": 47.097,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36755,
    "c": 0.12242,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2972

secondary

#7BA453

accent

#D75193

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2972

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

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