#4E1570#4E1570

#4E1570 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.147 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1570
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 112)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 81.2%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.30, 41.92, -40.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.30, 58.23, 316.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.05% 0.0924 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(34.05% 0.147 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3341, 3.3260, 15.6344)
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

#4E1570 #377015

analogous

#201570 #4E1570 #701564

triadic

#4E1570 #704E15 #15704E

tetradic

#4E1570 #702015 #377015 #156470

square

#4E1570 #702015 #377015 #156470

split-complementary

#4E1570 #647015 #157020

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0B3C #4E1570 #721FA4 #9629D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#4E1570 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E1570 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1570

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1570	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1570	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003172

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1570;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.147 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a9a',
    500: '#4e1570',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1570;
$custom-light: #845a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1570",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.582,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34053,
    "c": 0.14735,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1570

secondary

#63A63B

accent

#EB3D7E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1570

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

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