#4E147E#4E147E

#4E147E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.163 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E147E
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 126)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 84.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 45.64, -47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 65.94, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.19% 0.0893 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(35.19% 0.163 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1570, 3.6264, 20.0575)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E147E #447E14

analogous

#19147E #4E147E #7E1479

triadic

#4E147E #7E4E14 #147E4E

tetradic

#4E147E #7E1914 #447E14 #14797E

square

#4E147E #7E1914 #447E14 #14797E

split-complementary

#4E147E #797E14 #147E19

monochromatic

#10041A #2D0C49 #4E147E #6F1CB3 #8E2EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4E147E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E147E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E147E

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E147E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E147E	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e147e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.163 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa4',
    500: '#4e147e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e147e;
$custom-light: #855aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e147e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.83,
    "s": 72.603,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35194,
    "c": 0.1626,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E147E

secondary

#71B33A

accent

#EF388B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E147E

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

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