#4E1878#4E1878

#4E1878 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.152 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1878
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 120)
HSL	hsl(274, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 80%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.41, 42.62, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.41, 61.08, 314.24°)
OKLab	oklab(35.04% 0.0877 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(35.04% 0.152 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8579, 3.6291, 18.1049)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1878 #427818

analogous

#1E1878 #4E1878 #781872

triadic

#4E1878 #784E18 #18784E

tetradic

#4E1878 #781E18 #427818 #187278

square

#4E1878 #781E18 #427818 #187278

split-complementary

#4E1878 #727818 #18781E

monochromatic

#11051A #2D0E45 #4E1878 #6F22AB #8F34D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4E1878 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1878 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1878

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1878	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1878	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1878;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.152 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca0',
    500: '#4e1878',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1878;
$custom-light: #845ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1878",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35036,
    "c": 0.15238,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1878

secondary

#6FAD3F

accent

#EA3E89

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1878

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

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