#4E187E#4E187E

#4E187E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.159 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E187E
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(272, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 44.10, -46.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 64.25, 313.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0861 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.159 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2335, 3.7793, 20.0830)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.99

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E187E #487E18

analogous

#1B187E #4E187E #7E187B

triadic

#4E187E #7E4E18 #187E4E

tetradic

#4E187E #7E1B18 #487E18 #187B7E

square

#4E187E #7E1B18 #487E18 #187B7E

split-complementary

#4E187E #7B7E18 #187E1B

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E4B #4E187E #6E22B1 #8D37D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#4E187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E187E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E187E	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.159 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca4',
    500: '#4e187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e187e;
$custom-light: #855ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.765,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35565,
    "c": 0.1587,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E187E

secondary

#76B23F

accent

#EB3D8F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E187E

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