#4E117C#4E117C

#4E117C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.163 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E117C
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 124)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 86.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.86, 46.20, -47.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.86, 66.06, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(34.76% 0.0922 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(34.76% 0.163 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9796, 3.4759, 19.3681)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E117C #3F7C11

analogous

#19117C #4E117C #7C1174

triadic

#4E117C #7C4E11 #117C4E

tetradic

#4E117C #7C1911 #3F7C11 #11747C

square

#4E117C #7C1911 #3F7C11 #11747C

split-complementary

#4E117C #747C11 #117C19

monochromatic

#11041B #2C0A46 #4E117C #7018B2 #9126E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.39

#4E117C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E117C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E117C

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E117C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E117C	1.00	12.39	1.70	12.39
#FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e117c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.163 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8559a3',
    500: '#4e117c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e117c;
$custom-light: #8559a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e117c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.206,
    "s": 75.887,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34764,
    "c": 0.16322,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E117C

secondary

#6CB237

accent

#F23587

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E117C

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

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