#4E1978#4E1978

#4E1978 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.151 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1978
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 120)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 79.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 42.19, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 60.62, 314.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0867 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.151 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.8789, 3.6711, 18.1119)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1978 #437819

analogous

#1F1978 #4E1978 #781972

triadic

#4E1978 #784E19 #19784E

tetradic

#4E1978 #781F19 #437819 #197278

square

#4E1978 #781F19 #437819 #197278

split-complementary

#4E1978 #727819 #19781F

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0E45 #4E1978 #6F24AB #8F36D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#4E1978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1978 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1978

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1978	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.151 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca0',
    500: '#4e1978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1978;
$custom-light: #845ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.474,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3514,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1978

secondary

#70AD40

accent

#E83F8A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1978

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

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