#4E187A#4E187A

#4E187A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.154 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E187A
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 80.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 43.11, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 62.14, 313.92°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0872 -0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.154 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9806, 3.6781, 18.7508)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E187A #447A18

analogous

#1D187A #4E187A #7A1875

triadic

#4E187A #7A4E18 #187A4E

tetradic

#4E187A #7A1D18 #447A18 #18757A

square

#4E187A #7A1D18 #447A18 #18757A

split-complementary

#4E187A #757A18 #187A1D

monochromatic

#10051A #2D0E47 #4E187A #6F22AD #8E35D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#4E187A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E187A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E187A

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E187A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E187A	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453149

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e187a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.154 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca1',
    500: '#4e187a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e187a;
$custom-light: #845ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e187a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.061,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35211,
    "c": 0.15449,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E187A

secondary

#71AF3F

accent

#EA3E8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E187A

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

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