#4E177D#4E177D

#4E177D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.159 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E177D
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 125)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 81.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 44.25, -46.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 64.17, 313.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.0872 -0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.159 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1491, 3.7132, 19.7381)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.90

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E177D #467D17

analogous

#1B177D #4E177D #7D1779

triadic

#4E177D #7D4E17 #177D4E

tetradic

#4E177D #7D1B17 #467D17 #17797D

square

#4E177D #7D1B17 #467D17 #17797D

split-complementary

#4E177D #797D17 #177D1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0D49 #4E177D #6E21B1 #8E35DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4E177D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E177D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E177D

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E177D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E177D	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e177d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.159 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba3',
    500: '#4e177d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e177d;
$custom-light: #855ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e177d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.353,
    "s": 68.919,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35378,
    "c": 0.15868,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E177D

secondary

#73B23E

accent

#EC3C8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E177D

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

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