#4E187C#4E187C

#4E187C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.157 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E187C
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 80.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.75, 43.60, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.75, 63.20, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0866 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.157 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1058, 3.7282, 19.4101)
Luminance	0.0373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.13

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E187C #467C18

analogous

#1C187C #4E187C #7C1878

triadic

#4E187C #7C4E18 #187C4E

tetradic

#4E187C #7C1C18 #467C18 #18787C

square

#4E187C #7C1C18 #467C18 #18787C

split-complementary

#4E187C #787C18 #187C1C

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E49 #4E187C #6E22AF #8E36D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.03

#4E187C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E187C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E187C

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E187C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E187C	1.00	12.03	1.75	12.03
#FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45324A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e187c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.157 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca3',
    500: '#4e187c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e187c;
$custom-light: #855ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e187c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.4,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35387,
    "c": 0.1566,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E187C

secondary

#73B13F

accent

#EA3D8D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E187C

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

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