#4E1472#4E1472

#4E1472 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.150 H 308.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1472
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 114)
HSL	hsl(277, 70%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 82%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 82.5%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.34, 42.78, -41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.34, 59.70, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0928 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.15 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.4287, 3.3350, 16.2214)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1472 #387214

analogous

#1F1472 #4E1472 #721467

triadic

#4E1472 #724E14 #14724E

tetradic

#4E1472 #721F14 #387214 #146772

square

#4E1472 #721F14 #387214 #146772

split-complementary

#4E1472 #677214 #14721F

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0B3E #4E1472 #721DA6 #9527D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.60

#4E1472 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E1472 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1472

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1472	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1472	1.00	12.60	1.67	12.60
#FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003175

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1472;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.150 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84599b',
    500: '#4e1472',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1472;
$custom-light: #84599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1472",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.021,
    "s": 70.149,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34129,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1472

secondary

#64A839

accent

#ED3B7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1472

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

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