#4E147F#4E147F

#4E147F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.164 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E147F
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 127)
HSL	hsl(273, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 84.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 45.88, -48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 66.46, 313.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.29% 0.089 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(35.29% 0.164 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.2219, 3.6523, 20.3991)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E147F #457F14

analogous

#18147F #4E147F #7F147B

triadic

#4E147F #7F4E14 #147F4E

tetradic

#4E147F #7F1814 #457F14 #147B7F

square

#4E147F #7F1814 #457F14 #147B7F

split-complementary

#4E147F #7B7F14 #147F18

monochromatic

#10041A #2E0C4A #4E147F #6E1CB4 #8E2FDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4E147F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E147F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E147F

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E147F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E147F	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e147f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.164 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa5',
    500: '#4e147f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e147f;
$custom-light: #855aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e147f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.523,
    "s": 72.789,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35286,
    "c": 0.16361,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E147F

secondary

#72B43B

accent

#EF388C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E147F

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

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