#4E17A0#4E17A0

#4E17A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.195 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E17A0
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(264, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(264, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.07, 53.06, -62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.07, 82.13, 310.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% 0.075 -0.1801)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.195 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7917, 4.7702, 33.6557)
Luminance	0.0477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E17A0 #69A017

analogous

#1724A0 #4E17A0 #9217A0

triadic

#4E17A0 #A04E17 #17A04E

tetradic

#4E17A0 #A01724 #69A017 #17A092

square

#4E17A0 #A01724 #69A017 #17A092

split-complementary

#4E17A0 #A09217 #24A017

monochromatic

#1A0835 #340F6A #4E17A0 #681FD6 #8A4CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.75

#4E17A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#4E17A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E17A0

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E17A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E17A0	1.00	10.75	1.95	10.75
#FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#32425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e17a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.195 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#895ebd',
    500: '#4e17a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e17a0;
$custom-light: #895ebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e17a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.088,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38732,
    "c": 0.19511,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E17A0

secondary

#96C74C

accent

#F136A6

background

#F9F5FB

surface

#F1E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0D0512

muted

#7E7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E17A0

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

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