#4E127C#4E127C

#4E127C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.162 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E127C
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 124)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 85.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 45.87, -47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 65.69, 314.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% 0.0915 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.162 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9954, 3.5076, 19.3734)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E127C #407C12

analogous

#19127C #4E127C #7C1275

triadic

#4E127C #7C4E12 #127C4E

tetradic

#4E127C #7C1912 #407C12 #12757C

square

#4E127C #7C1912 #407C12 #12757C

split-complementary

#4E127C #757C12 #127C19

monochromatic

#11041B #2C0A47 #4E127C #701AB1 #9029E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4E127C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E127C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E127C

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E127C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E127C	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e127c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.162 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8559a3',
    500: '#4e127c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e127c;
$custom-light: #8559a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e127c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.962,
    "s": 74.648,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34844,
    "c": 0.16237,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E127C

secondary

#6DB238

accent

#F13788

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E127C

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

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