#4E1174#4E1174

#4E1174 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.155 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1174
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 116)
HSL	hsl(277, 74%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 85%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 85.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.14, 44.33, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.14, 61.94, 315.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.04% 0.0947 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(34.04% 0.155 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4940, 3.2816, 16.8109)
Luminance	0.0328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1174 #377411

analogous

#1D1174 #4E1174 #741168

triadic

#4E1174 #744E11 #11744E

tetradic

#4E1174 #741D11 #377411 #116874

square

#4E1174 #741D11 #377411 #116874

split-complementary

#4E1174 #687411 #11741D

monochromatic

#12041B #2A093F #4E1174 #7219A9 #9621DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.68

#4E1174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E1174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1174

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1174	1.00	12.68	1.66	12.68
#FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003177

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003372

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482C44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.155 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84589d',
    500: '#4e1174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1174;
$custom-light: #84589d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.97,
    "s": 74.436,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34044,
    "c": 0.15533,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1174

secondary

#63AB36

accent

#F1377E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1174

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

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