#4E1872#4E1872

#4E1872 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.146 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1872
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 114)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.90, 41.16, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.90, 57.91, 315.30°)
OKLab	oklab(34.52% 0.0891 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(34.52% 0.146 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5051, 3.4880, 16.2469)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1872 #3C7218

analogous

#211872 #4E1872 #721869

triadic

#4E1872 #724E18 #18724E

tetradic

#4E1872 #722118 #3C7218 #186972

square

#4E1872 #722118 #3C7218 #186972

split-complementary

#4E1872 #697218 #187221

monochromatic

#110519 #2B0D3F #4E1872 #7123A5 #9231D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#4E1872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1872 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1872

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1872	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003570

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.146 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b9b',
    500: '#4e1872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1872;
$custom-light: #845b9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34524,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1872

secondary

#68A73E

accent

#E84083

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1872

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

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