#4E1170#4E1170

#4E1170 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.151 H 309.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1170
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 112)
HSL	hsl(279, 74%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(279, 85%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 84.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.79, 43.41, -41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.79, 59.88, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(33.69% 0.0959 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(33.69% 0.151 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2664, 3.1906, 15.6118)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1170 #337011

analogous

#1E1170 #4E1170 #701162

triadic

#4E1170 #704E11 #11704E

tetradic

#4E1170 #701E11 #337011 #116270

square

#4E1170 #701E11 #337011 #116270

split-complementary

#4E1170 #627011 #11701E

monochromatic

#13041B #29093B #4E1170 #7319A5 #9821DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.82

#4E1170 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#4E1170 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1170

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1170	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1170	1.00	12.82	1.64	12.82
#FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003073

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1170;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.151 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84589a',
    500: '#4e1170',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1170;
$custom-light: #84589a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1170",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.526,
    "s": 73.643,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33694,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1170

secondary

#5EA735

accent

#F0377A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1170

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

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