#4E1772#4E1772

#4E1772 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.147 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1772
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 79.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.75, 41.58, -40.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.75, 58.37, 315.42°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% 0.0901 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.147 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4849, 3.4475, 16.2401)
Luminance	0.0345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1772 #3B7217

analogous

#211772 #4E1772 #721769

triadic

#4E1772 #724E17 #17724E

tetradic

#4E1772 #722117 #3B7217 #176972

square

#4E1772 #722117 #3B7217 #176972

split-complementary

#4E1772 #697217 #177221

monochromatic

#110519 #2B0D3F #4E1772 #7121A5 #932ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.43

#4E1772 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E1772 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1772

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1772	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1772	1.00	12.43	1.69	12.43
#FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1772;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.147 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b9b',
    500: '#4e1772',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1772;
$custom-light: #845b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1772",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.264,
    "s": 66.423,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34421,
    "c": 0.1472,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1772

secondary

#67A83D

accent

#E93E82

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1772

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

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