#4E117F#4E117F

#4E117F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.166 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E117F
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 127)
HSL	hsl(273, 76%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 87%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 86.6%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 46.91, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 67.59, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.04% 0.0912 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(35.04% 0.166 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1722, 3.5529, 20.3825)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E117F #427F11

analogous

#17117F #4E117F #7F1179

triadic

#4E117F #7F4E11 #117F4E

tetradic

#4E117F #7F1711 #427F11 #11797F

square

#4E117F #7F1711 #427F11 #11797F

split-complementary

#4E117F #797F11 #117F17

monochromatic

#11041B #2D0A49 #4E117F #6F18B5 #8F28E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4E117F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E117F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E117F

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E117F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E117F	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e117f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.166 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8559a5',
    500: '#4e117f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e117f;
$custom-light: #8559a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e117f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.273,
    "s": 76.389,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35042,
    "c": 0.16619,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E117F

secondary

#6FB537

accent

#F3358A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E117F

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

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