#4E1173#4E1173

#4E1173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.154 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1173
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 115)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 85.2%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.05, 44.10, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.05, 61.42, 315.88°)
OKLab	oklab(33.96% 0.095 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(33.96% 0.154 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.4362, 3.2585, 16.5062)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1173 #367311

analogous

#1D1173 #4E1173 #731167

triadic

#4E1173 #734E11 #11734E

tetradic

#4E1173 #731D11 #367311 #116773

square

#4E1173 #731D11 #367311 #116773

split-complementary

#4E1173 #677311 #11731D

monochromatic

#12041B #2A093E #4E1173 #7219A8 #9621DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#4E1173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E1173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1173

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1173	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003176

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003371

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482B43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.154 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84589c',
    500: '#4e1173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1173;
$custom-light: #84589c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.347,
    "s": 74.242,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33955,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1173

secondary

#62AA36

accent

#F1377D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1173

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

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