#4E187B#4E187B

#4E187B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.156 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E187B
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 123)
HSL	hsl(273, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 80.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.66, 43.35, -45.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.66, 62.67, 313.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0869 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.156 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.0428, 3.7030, 19.0788)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.22

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E187B #457B18

analogous

#1C187B #4E187B #7B1877

triadic

#4E187B #7B4E18 #187B4E

tetradic

#4E187B #7B1C18 #457B18 #18777B

square

#4E187B #7B1C18 #457B18 #18777B

split-complementary

#4E187B #777B18 #187B1C

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E48 #4E187B #6E22AE #8E36D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#4E187B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E187B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E187B

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E187B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E187B	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e187b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.156 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca2',
    500: '#4e187b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e187b;
$custom-light: #855ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e187b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35299,
    "c": 0.15554,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E187B

secondary

#72B03F

accent

#EA3E8C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E187B

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

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