#4E1877#4E1877

#4E1877 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.151 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1877
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 119)
HSL	hsl(274, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 42.37, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 60.56, 314.40°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% 0.0879 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.151 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7975, 3.6049, 17.7869)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1877 #417718

analogous

#1E1877 #4E1877 #771870

triadic

#4E1877 #774E18 #18774E

tetradic

#4E1877 #771E18 #417718 #187077

square

#4E1877 #771E18 #417718 #187077

split-complementary

#4E1877 #707718 #18771E

monochromatic

#110519 #2D0E44 #4E1877 #6F22AA #9033D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#4E1877 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1877 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1877

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1877	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1877	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003575

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1877;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.151 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9f',
    500: '#4e1877',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1877;
$custom-light: #845c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1877",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.105,
    "s": 66.434,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3495,
    "c": 0.15133,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1877

secondary

#6EAC3F

accent

#E93E88

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1877

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

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