#4E1470#4E1470

#4E1470 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.148 H 309.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1470
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 112)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 82%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 82.1%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.17, 42.31, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.17, 58.66, 316.16°)
OKLab	oklab(33.96% 0.0933 -0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(33.96% 0.148 309)
XYZ	xyz(6.3161, 3.2900, 15.6284)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1470 #367014

analogous

#201470 #4E1470 #701464

triadic

#4E1470 #704E14 #14704E

tetradic

#4E1470 #702014 #367014 #146470

square

#4E1470 #702014 #367014 #146470

split-complementary

#4E1470 #647014 #147020

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0B3C #4E1470 #721DA4 #9627D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#4E1470 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#4E1470 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1470

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1470	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1470	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492B42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1470;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.148 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84599a',
    500: '#4e1470',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1470;
$custom-light: #84599a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1470",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.826,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33958,
    "c": 0.14841,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.0329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1470

secondary

#62A639

accent

#ED3B7D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1470

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

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