#4E127F#4E127F

#4E127F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.165 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E127F
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 127)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 85.8%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.25, 46.58, -48.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.25, 67.23, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.12% 0.0905 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(35.12% 0.165 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1880, 3.5846, 20.3878)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.09

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E127F #437F12

analogous

#18127F #4E127F #7F1279

triadic

#4E127F #7F4E12 #127F4E

tetradic

#4E127F #7F1812 #437F12 #12797F

square

#4E127F #7F1812 #437F12 #12797F

split-complementary

#4E127F #797F12 #127F18

monochromatic

#10041B #2D0A49 #4E127F #6F1AB5 #8F2BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.23

#4E127F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E127F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E127F

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E127F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E127F	1.00	12.23	1.72	12.23
#FFFFFF	12.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.23	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: #4e127f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.165 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8559a5',
    500: '#4e127f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e127f;
$custom-light: #8559a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e127f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.028,
    "s": 75.172,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3512,
    "c": 0.16536,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E127F

secondary

#70B538

accent

#F2368A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E127F

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

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