#4E127E#4E127E

#4E127E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.164 H 303.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E127E
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 86%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 85.7%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.16, 46.34, -47.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.16, 66.72, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.03% 0.0908 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(35.03% 0.164 303.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1232, 3.5587, 20.0462)
Luminance	0.0356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.16

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E127E #427E12

analogous

#18127E #4E127E #7E1278

triadic

#4E127E #7E4E12 #127E4E

tetradic

#4E127E #7E1812 #427E12 #12787E

square

#4E127E #7E1812 #427E12 #12787E

split-complementary

#4E127E #787E12 #127E18

monochromatic

#11041B #2D0A48 #4E127E #6F1AB4 #8F2AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4E127E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E127E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E127E

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E127E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E127E	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44314A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e127e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.164 303.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8559a4',
    500: '#4e127e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e127e;
$custom-light: #8559a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e127e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35027,
    "c": 0.16436,
    "h": 303.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E127E

secondary

#6FB438

accent

#F23689

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E127E

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

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