#4E197A#4E197A

#4E197A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.153 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E197A
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.72, 42.69, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.72, 61.68, 313.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% 0.0862 -0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.153 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0016, 3.7201, 18.7578)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.47

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E197A #457A19

analogous

#1E197A #4E197A #7A1976

triadic

#4E197A #7A4E19 #197A4E

tetradic

#4E197A #7A1E19 #457A19 #19767A

square

#4E197A #7A1E19 #457A19 #19767A

split-complementary

#4E197A #767A19 #197A1E

monochromatic

#100519 #2E0F47 #4E197A #6E23AD #8E37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#4E197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E197A

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E197A	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.153 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca1',
    500: '#4e197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e197a;
$custom-light: #845ca1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.784,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35313,
    "c": 0.1534,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E197A

secondary

#72AF40

accent

#E93F8C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E197A

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

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