#4E1172#4E1172

#4E1172 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.153 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1172
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 114)
HSL	hsl(278, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 85.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.96, 43.87, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.96, 60.91, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(33.87% 0.0953 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(33.87% 0.153 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3790, 3.2356, 16.2048)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1172 #357211

analogous

#1D1172 #4E1172 #721165

triadic

#4E1172 #724E11 #11724E

tetradic

#4E1172 #721D11 #357211 #116572

square

#4E1172 #721D11 #357211 #116572

split-complementary

#4E1172 #657211 #11721D

monochromatic

#12041B #2A093D #4E1172 #7219A7 #9721DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#4E1172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E1172 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1172

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1172	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003075

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.153 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84589b',
    500: '#4e1172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1172;
$custom-light: #84589b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.732,
    "s": 74.046,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33868,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1172

secondary

#61A936

accent

#F1377C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1172

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

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