#4E0F72#4E0F72

#4E0F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.155 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0F72
RGB	rgb(78, 15, 114)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(278, 87%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 86.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.74, 44.53, -42.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.74, 61.64, 316.25°)
OKLab	oklab(33.71% 0.0968 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(33.71% 0.155 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3493, 3.1764, 16.1949)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0F72 #33720F

analogous

#1D0F72 #4E0F72 #720F64

triadic

#4E0F72 #724E0F #0F724E

tetradic

#4E0F72 #721D0F #33720F #0F6472

square

#4E0F72 #721D0F #33720F #0F6472

split-complementary

#4E0F72 #64720F #0F721D

monochromatic

#13041B #29083C #4E0F72 #7316A8 #981DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.84

#4E0F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E0F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0F72

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0F72	1.00	12.84	1.64	12.84
#FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482A42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 15, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.155 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84589b',
    500: '#4e0f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0f72;
$custom-light: #84589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.182,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3371,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0F72

secondary

#5EAA33

accent

#F3357A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0F72

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

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