#4E177F#4E177F

#4E177F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.161 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E177F
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 127)
HSL	hsl(272, 69%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 81.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.88, 44.74, -47.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.88, 65.22, 313.32°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0866 -0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.161 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2781, 3.7648, 20.4178)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.78

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E177F #487F17

analogous

#1A177F #4E177F #7F177C

triadic

#4E177F #7F4E17 #177F4E

tetradic

#4E177F #7F1A17 #487F17 #177C7F

square

#4E177F #7F1A17 #487F17 #177C7F

split-complementary

#4E177F #7C7F17 #177F1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E4B #4E177F #6E20B3 #8D36DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#4E177F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E177F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E177F

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E177F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E177F	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e177f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.161 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca5',
    500: '#4e177f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e177f;
$custom-light: #855ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e177f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.731,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35557,
    "c": 0.16076,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E177F

secondary

#76B43E

accent

#EC3C8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E177F

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