#4E1977#4E1977

#4E1977 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.150 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1977
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 119)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 79%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.47, 41.95, -43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.47, 60.09, 314.27°)
OKLab	oklab(35.05% 0.087 -0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(35.05% 0.15 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8185, 3.6469, 17.7939)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1977 #427719

analogous

#1F1977 #4E1977 #771971

triadic

#4E1977 #774E19 #19774E

tetradic

#4E1977 #771F19 #427719 #197177

square

#4E1977 #771F19 #427719 #197177

split-complementary

#4E1977 #717719 #19771F

monochromatic

#110519 #2D0E44 #4E1977 #6F24AA #8F36D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.14

#4E1977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1977 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1977

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1977	1.00	12.14	1.73	12.14
#FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.150 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9f',
    500: '#4e1977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1977;
$custom-light: #845c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.83,
    "s": 65.278,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35054,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1977

secondary

#6FAC40

accent

#E84089

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1977

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

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