#4E1778#4E1778

#4E1778 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.153 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1778
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 120)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 80.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 43.03, -44.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 61.54, 314.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0886 -0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.153 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8377, 3.5886, 18.0981)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1778 #417817

analogous

#1E1778 #4E1778 #781771

triadic

#4E1778 #784E17 #17784E

tetradic

#4E1778 #781E17 #417817 #177178

square

#4E1778 #781E17 #417817 #177178

split-complementary

#4E1778 #717817 #17781E

monochromatic

#11051A #2D0D45 #4E1778 #6F21AB #9032D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#4E1778 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1778 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1778

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1778	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1778	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1778;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.153 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba0',
    500: '#4e1778',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1778;
$custom-light: #845ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1778",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.021,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34936,
    "c": 0.15346,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1778

secondary

#6EAD3E

accent

#EB3D88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1778

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

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