#4E0F76#4E0F76

#4E0F76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.159 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E0F76
RGB	rgb(78, 15, 118)
HSL	hsl(277, 77%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 87%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 87.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.09, 45.45, -44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.09, 63.69, 315.52°)
OKLab	oklab(34.07% 0.0956 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(34.07% 0.159 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.5820, 3.2694, 17.4203)
Luminance	0.0327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E0F76 #37760F

analogous

#1A0F76 #4E0F76 #760F6A

triadic

#4E0F76 #764E0F #0F764E

tetradic

#4E0F76 #761A0F #37760F #0F6A76

square

#4E0F76 #761A0F #37760F #0F6A76

split-complementary

#4E0F76 #6A760F #0F761A

monochromatic

#12031B #2A0840 #4E0F76 #7216AC #961DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.70

#4E0F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E0F76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E0F76

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E0F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E0F76	1.00	12.70	1.65	12.70
#FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003374

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472C45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e0f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 15, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.159 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85589e',
    500: '#4e0f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e0f76;
$custom-light: #85589e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e0f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 15,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.699,
    "s": 77.444,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34067,
    "c": 0.15901,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E0F76

secondary

#63AD33

accent

#F4347E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E0F76

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

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