#4E1370#4E1370

#4E1370 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.9% C 0.149 H 309.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1370
RGB	rgb(78, 19, 112)
HSL	hsl(278, 71%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 83%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 83%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.04, 42.69, -40.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.04, 59.08, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(33.87% 0.0942 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(33.87% 0.149 309.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2988, 3.2554, 15.6226)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1370 #357013

analogous

#201370 #4E1370 #701363

triadic

#4E1370 #704E13 #13704E

tetradic

#4E1370 #702013 #357013 #136370

square

#4E1370 #702013 #357013 #136370

split-complementary

#4E1370 #637013 #137020

monochromatic

#12041A #2A0A3C #4E1370 #721CA4 #9725D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.72

#4E1370 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#4E1370 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1370

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1370	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1370	1.00	12.72	1.65	12.72
#FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003072

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00336E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1370;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 19, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.9% 0.149 309.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84599a',
    500: '#4e1370',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1370;
$custom-light: #84599a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1370",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.065,
    "s": 70.992,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33867,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 309.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1370

secondary

#61A738

accent

#EE3A7C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1370

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

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