#4E1770#4E1770

#4E1770 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.145 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1770
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 112)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 79.5%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.59, 41.10, -39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.59, 57.32, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(34.25% 0.0905 -0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(34.25% 0.145 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.3723, 3.4025, 15.6471)
Luminance	0.0340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1770 #397017

analogous

#221770 #4E1770 #701766

triadic

#4E1770 #704E17 #17704E

tetradic

#4E1770 #702217 #397017 #176670

square

#4E1770 #702217 #397017 #176670

split-complementary

#4E1770 #667017 #177022

monochromatic

#120519 #2B0D3D #4E1770 #7121A3 #942DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.50

#4E1770 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E1770 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1770

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1770	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1770	1.00	12.50	1.68	12.50
#FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1770;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.145 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b9a',
    500: '#4e1770',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1770;
$custom-light: #845b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1770",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.079,
    "s": 65.926,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34253,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1770

secondary

#65A63D

accent

#E93F80

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1770

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

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