#4E2C77#4E2C77

#4E2C77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.124 H 301.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2C77
RGB	rgb(78, 44, 119)
HSL	hsl(267, 46%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(267, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 63%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 32.11, -37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 49.20, 310.74°)
OKLab	oklab(37.6% 0.065 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(37.6% 0.124 301.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.3716, 4.7529, 17.9782)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2C77 #55772C

analogous

#2C3077 #4E2C77 #742C77

triadic

#4E2C77 #774E2C #2C774E

tetradic

#4E2C77 #772C30 #55772C #2C7774

square

#4E2C77 #772C30 #55772C #2C7774

split-complementary

#4E2C77 #77742C #30772C

monochromatic

#130B1E #311B4A #4E2C77 #6B3DA4 #8A5BC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#4E2C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E2C77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2C77

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2C77	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#013D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153D75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 44, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.124 301.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83679f',
    500: '#4e2c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2c77;
$custom-light: #83679f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.2,
    "s": 46.012,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37598,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 301.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2C77

secondary

#83A856

accent

#D6529A

background

#F8F6F9

surface

#EFEBF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2C77

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

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