#4E127D#4E127D

#4E127D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.163 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E127D
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 125)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 85.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.06, 46.10, -47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.06, 66.20, 314.14°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0911 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.163 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0590, 3.5330, 19.7081)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E127D #417D12

analogous

#19127D #4E127D #7D1276

triadic

#4E127D #7D4E12 #127D4E

tetradic

#4E127D #7D1912 #417D12 #12767D

square

#4E127D #7D1912 #417D12 #12767D

split-complementary

#4E127D #767D12 #127D19

monochromatic

#11041B #2D0A48 #4E127D #6F1AB2 #9029E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4E127D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E127D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E127D

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E127D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E127D	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e127d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.163 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8559a4',
    500: '#4e127d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e127d;
$custom-light: #8559a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e127d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.645,
    "s": 74.825,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34935,
    "c": 0.16337,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E127D

secondary

#6EB338

accent

#F13689

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E127D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →