#4E1774#4E1774

#4E1774 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.149 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1774
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 116)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 80.2%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.92, 42.06, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.92, 59.43, 315.05°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% 0.0896 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.149 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6000, 3.4935, 16.8462)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1774 #3D7417

analogous

#201774 #4E1774 #74176B

triadic

#4E1774 #744E17 #17744E

tetradic

#4E1774 #742017 #3D7417 #176B74

square

#4E1774 #742017 #3D7417 #176B74

split-complementary

#4E1774 #6B7417 #177420

monochromatic

#11051A #2C0D41 #4E1774 #7021A7 #9230D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.36

#4E1774 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1774 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1774

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1774	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1774	1.00	12.36	1.70	12.36
#FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003377

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1774;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.149 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b9d',
    500: '#4e1774',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1774;
$custom-light: #845b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1774",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.484,
    "s": 66.906,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34591,
    "c": 0.14928,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1774

secondary

#6AA93D

accent

#EA3E84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1774

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

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