#4E17B4#4E17B4

#4E17B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.216 H 288.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E17B4
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 180)
HSL	hsl(261, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(261, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 87.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.19, 58.15, -71.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.19, 91.97, 309.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.81% 0.067 -0.2051)
OKLCH	oklch(40.81% 0.216 288.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.6841, 5.5272, 43.6223)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E17B4 #7DB417

analogous

#172FB4 #4E17B4 #9D17B4

triadic

#4E17B4 #B44E17 #17B44E

tetradic

#4E17B4 #B4172F #7DB417 #17B49D

square

#4E17B4 #B4172F #7DB417 #17B49D

split-complementary

#4E17B4 #B49D17 #2FB417

monochromatic

#1F0947 #36107E #4E17B4 #6825E3 #8D5BEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#4E17B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E17B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E17B4

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E17B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E17B4	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e17b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.216 288.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c5fcc',
    500: '#4e17b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e17b4;
$custom-light: #8c5fcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e17b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.019,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40805,
    "c": 0.21579,
    "h": 288.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E17B4

secondary

#A5CE59

accent

#F434B1

background

#F9F5FC

surface

#F2EAF9

border

#CCC6D2

text

#0D0514

muted

#7E7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E17B4

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

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