#4E1578#4E1578

#4E1578 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.156 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1578
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 120)
HSL	hsl(275, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 82.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.99, 43.82, -44.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.99, 62.41, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0903 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.156 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7995, 3.5121, 18.0854)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1578 #3F7815

analogous

#1C1578 #4E1578 #781571

triadic

#4E1578 #784E15 #15784E

tetradic

#4E1578 #781C15 #3F7815 #157178

square

#4E1578 #781C15 #3F7815 #157178

split-complementary

#4E1578 #717815 #15781C

monochromatic

#11051A #2C0C44 #4E1578 #701EAC #912DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4E1578 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1578 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1578

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1578	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1578	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1578;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.156 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845aa0',
    500: '#4e1578',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1578;
$custom-light: #845aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1578",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.545,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34745,
    "c": 0.15552,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1578

secondary

#6CAE3B

accent

#ED3B86

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1578

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

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