#4E1970#4E1970

#4E1970 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.143 H 308.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1970
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 112)
HSL	hsl(277, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 77.7%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.89, 40.24, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.89, 56.36, 315.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% 0.0885 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.143 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.4135, 3.4849, 15.6609)
Luminance	0.0348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1970 #3B7019

analogous

#231970 #4E1970 #701967

triadic

#4E1970 #704E19 #19704E

tetradic

#4E1970 #702319 #3B7019 #196770

square

#4E1970 #702319 #3B7019 #196770

split-complementary

#4E1970 #677019 #197023

monochromatic

#110619 #2B0E3E #4E1970 #7124A2 #9332D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#4E1970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1970

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1970	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.143 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c9a',
    500: '#4e1970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1970;
$custom-light: #835c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.552,
    "s": 63.504,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34465,
    "c": 0.14276,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1970

secondary

#67A540

accent

#E74182

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1970

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

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