#4E187F#4E187F

#4E187F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.160 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E187F
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 127)
HSL	hsl(271, 68%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 44.34, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 64.77, 313.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0858 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.16 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2984, 3.8053, 20.4245)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E187F #497F18

analogous

#1A187F #4E187F #7F187D

triadic

#4E187F #7F4E18 #187F4E

tetradic

#4E187F #7F1A18 #497F18 #187D7F

square

#4E187F #7F1A18 #497F18 #187D7F

split-complementary

#4E187F #7D7F18 #187F1A

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E4C #4E187F #6E22B2 #8D38D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.93

#4E187F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E187F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E187F

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E187F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E187F	1.00	11.93	1.76	11.93
#FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e187f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.160 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca5',
    500: '#4e187f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e187f;
$custom-light: #855ca5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e187f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.456,
    "s": 68.212,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35654,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E187F

secondary

#77B33F

accent

#EB3D90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E187F

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