#4E2977#4E2977

#4E2977 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.129 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2977
RGB	rgb(78, 41, 119)
HSL	hsl(268, 49%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 65.5%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.37, 33.85, -38.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.37, 51.12, 311.46°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0689 -0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.129 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2638, 4.5375, 17.9423)
Luminance	0.0454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Rebeccapurple

#663399

ΔE00 6.74

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2977 #527729

analogous

#292B77 #4E2977 #752977

triadic

#4E2977 #774E29 #29774E

tetradic

#4E2977 #77292B #527729 #297775

square

#4E2977 #77292B #527729 #297775

split-complementary

#4E2977 #777529 #2B7729

monochromatic

#120A1C #301949 #4E2977 #6C39A5 #8A56C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.01

#4E2977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#4E2977 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2977

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2977	1.00	11.01	1.91	11.01
#FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103C75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 41, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.129 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83659f',
    500: '#4e2977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2977;
$custom-light: #83659f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.462,
    "s": 48.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37129,
    "c": 0.12869,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2977

secondary

#80A953

accent

#D84F97

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2977

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

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