#4E147A#4E147A

#4E147A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.159 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E147A
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 122)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 84%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 83.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 44.68, -45.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 63.87, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% 0.0906 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.159 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9041, 3.5252, 18.7253)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E147A #407A14

analogous

#1B147A #4E147A #7A1473

triadic

#4E147A #7A4E14 #147A4E

tetradic

#4E147A #7A1B14 #407A14 #14737A

square

#4E147A #7A1B14 #407A14 #14737A

split-complementary

#4E147A #737A14 #147A1B

monochromatic

#11041A #2C0B45 #4E147A #701DAF #902CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#4E147A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E147A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E147A

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E147A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E147A	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e147a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.159 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa1',
    500: '#4e147a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e147a;
$custom-light: #855aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e147a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.118,
    "s": 71.831,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34832,
    "c": 0.15854,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E147A

secondary

#6DB03A

accent

#EF3987

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E147A

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

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