#4E1873#4E1873

#4E1873 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.147 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1873
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 115)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 79.1%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.98, 41.40, -41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.98, 58.44, 315.11°)
OKLab	oklab(34.61% 0.0889 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(34.61% 0.147 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5624, 3.5109, 16.5483)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1873 #3D7318

analogous

#201873 #4E1873 #73186B

triadic

#4E1873 #734E18 #18734E

tetradic

#4E1873 #732018 #3D7318 #186B73

square

#4E1873 #732018 #3D7318 #186B73

split-complementary

#4E1873 #6B7318 #187320

monochromatic

#110519 #2C0D40 #4E1873 #7023A6 #9231D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4E1873 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1873 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1873

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1873	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1873	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482E45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1873;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.147 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b9c',
    500: '#4e1873',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1873;
$custom-light: #845b9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1873",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.604,
    "s": 65.468,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34608,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1873

secondary

#6AA83F

accent

#E83F84

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1873

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

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