#4E1973#4E1973

#4E1973 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.146 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1973
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 115)
HSL	hsl(275, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 78.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 40.97, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 57.96, 314.98°)
OKLab	oklab(34.72% 0.0879 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(34.72% 0.146 307)
XYZ	xyz(6.5834, 3.5528, 16.5553)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1973 #3E7319

analogous

#211973 #4E1973 #73196B

triadic

#4E1973 #734E19 #19734E

tetradic

#4E1973 #732119 #3E7319 #196B73

square

#4E1973 #732119 #3E7319 #196B73

split-complementary

#4E1973 #6B7319 #197321

monochromatic

#110519 #2C0E41 #4E1973 #7024A5 #9134D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4E1973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1973 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1973

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1973	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.146 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9c',
    500: '#4e1973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1973;
$custom-light: #845c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.333,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34715,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1973

secondary

#6BA840

accent

#E74185

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1973

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

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