#4E178D#4E178D

#4E178D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.175 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E178D
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 141)
HSL	hsl(268, 72%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(268, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.7%, 83.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.18, 48.24, -54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.18, 72.49, 311.72°)
OKLab	oklab(36.86% 0.0821 -0.155)
OKLCH	oklch(36.86% 0.175 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.2547, 4.1554, 25.5613)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E178D #568D17

analogous

#171B8D #4E178D #89178D

triadic

#4E178D #8D4E17 #178D4E

tetradic

#4E178D #8D171B #568D17 #178D89

square

#4E178D #8D171B #568D17 #178D89

split-complementary

#4E178D #8D8917 #1B8D17

monochromatic

#140624 #310E58 #4E178D #6B20C2 #8A3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.47

#4E178D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E178D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E178D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E178D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E178D	1.00	11.47	1.83	11.47
#FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e178d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.175 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#875caf',
    500: '#4e178d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e178d;
$custom-light: #875caf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e178d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.966,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36859,
    "c": 0.17536,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E178D

secondary

#84C040

accent

#EF399A

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F5

border

#CBC5CF

text

#0C0411

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E178D

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

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