#4E137C#4E137C

#4E137C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.161 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E137C
RGB	rgb(78, 19, 124)
HSL	hsl(274, 73%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 85%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 84.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 45.52, -46.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 65.30, 314.19°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0907 -0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.161 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0120, 3.5407, 19.3789)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E137C #417C13

analogous

#19137C #4E137C #7C1375

triadic

#4E137C #7C4E13 #137C4E

tetradic

#4E137C #7C1913 #417C13 #13757C

square

#4E137C #7C1913 #417C13 #13757C

split-complementary

#4E137C #757C13 #137C19

monochromatic

#11041B #2D0B47 #4E137C #6F1BB1 #902BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.29

#4E137C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E137C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E137C

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E137C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E137C	1.00	12.29	1.71	12.29
#FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453049

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e137c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 19, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.161 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa3',
    500: '#4e137c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e137c;
$custom-light: #855aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e137c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.714,
    "s": 73.427,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34926,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E137C

secondary

#6EB239

accent

#F03888

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E137C

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

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