#4E197C#4E197C

#4E197C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.156 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E197C
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.90, 43.18, -45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.90, 62.74, 313.50°)
OKLab	oklab(35.49% 0.0857 -0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(35.49% 0.156 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1268, 3.7702, 19.4171)
Luminance	0.0377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.29

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E197C #477C19

analogous

#1C197C #4E197C #7C1979

triadic

#4E197C #7C4E19 #197C4E

tetradic

#4E197C #7C1C19 #477C19 #19797C

square

#4E197C #7C1C19 #477C19 #19797C

split-complementary

#4E197C #797C19 #197C1C

monochromatic

#100519 #2E0F49 #4E197C #6E23AF #8D38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.97

#4E197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E197C

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E197C	1.00	11.97	1.75	11.97
#FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.156 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca3',
    500: '#4e197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e197c;
$custom-light: #855ca3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.121,
    "s": 66.443,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35488,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E197C

secondary

#74B040

accent

#E93E8E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E197C

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

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