#4E147C#4E147C

#4E147C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.161 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E147C
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 124)
HSL	hsl(273, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 83.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 45.16, -46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 64.91, 314.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.09 -0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.161 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0293, 3.5753, 19.3846)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E147C #427C14

analogous

#1A147C #4E147C #7C1476

triadic

#4E147C #7C4E14 #147C4E

tetradic

#4E147C #7C1A14 #427C14 #14767C

square

#4E147C #7C1A14 #427C14 #14767C

split-complementary

#4E147C #767C14 #147C1A

monochromatic

#11041A #2D0B47 #4E147C #6F1DB1 #8F2DDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4E147C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E147C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E147C

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E147C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E147C	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e147c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.161 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa3',
    500: '#4e147c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e147c;
$custom-light: #855aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e147c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.462,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35012,
    "c": 0.16056,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E147C

secondary

#6FB23A

accent

#EF3989

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E147C

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

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