#4E1870#4E1870

#4E1870 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.144 H 308.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1870
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 112)
HSL	hsl(277, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 78.6%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.74, 40.68, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.74, 56.85, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.36% 0.0895 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(34.36% 0.144 308.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3925, 3.4429, 15.6539)
Luminance	0.0344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1870 #3A7018

analogous

#221870 #4E1870 #701866

triadic

#4E1870 #704E18 #18704E

tetradic

#4E1870 #702218 #3A7018 #186670

square

#4E1870 #702218 #3A7018 #186670

split-complementary

#4E1870 #667018 #187022

monochromatic

#120519 #2B0D3E #4E1870 #7123A2 #9430D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.44

#4E1870 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E1870 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1870

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1870	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1870	1.00	12.44	1.69	12.44
#FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1870;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.144 308.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835b9a',
    500: '#4e1870',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1870;
$custom-light: #835b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1870",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.818,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34357,
    "c": 0.14396,
    "h": 308.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1870

secondary

#66A53E

accent

#E84081

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1870

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

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