#4E1775#4E1775

#4E1775 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.150 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1775
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 117)
HSL	hsl(275, 67%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 80%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 80.3%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 42.30, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 59.96, 314.87°)
OKLab	oklab(34.68% 0.0894 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(34.68% 0.15 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6585, 3.5169, 17.1542)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1775 #3E7517

analogous

#1F1775 #4E1775 #75176D

triadic

#4E1775 #754E17 #17754E

tetradic

#4E1775 #751F17 #3E7517 #176D75

square

#4E1775 #751F17 #3E7517 #176D75

split-complementary

#4E1775 #6D7517 #17751F

monochromatic

#11051A #2C0D42 #4E1775 #7021A8 #9130D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4E1775 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1775 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1775

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1775	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1775	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003378

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#472F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1775;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.150 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b9d',
    500: '#4e1775',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1775;
$custom-light: #845b9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1775",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.106,
    "s": 67.143,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34676,
    "c": 0.15033,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1775

secondary

#6BAA3D

accent

#EA3E85

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1775

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

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