#4E197E#4E197E

#4E197E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.158 H 302.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E197E
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 43.68, -46.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 63.79, 313.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0852 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.158 302.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.2545, 3.8213, 20.0900)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E197E #497E19

analogous

#1C197E #4E197E #7E197C

triadic

#4E197E #7E4E19 #197E4E

tetradic

#4E197E #7E1C19 #497E19 #197C7E

square

#4E197E #7E1C19 #497E19 #197C7E

split-complementary

#4E197E #7C7E19 #197E1C

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0F4B #4E197E #6E23B1 #8D3AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#4E197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E197E

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E197E	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003681

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.158 302.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca4',
    500: '#4e197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e197e;
$custom-light: #855ca4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.485,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35665,
    "c": 0.15765,
    "h": 302.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E197E

secondary

#77B241

accent

#EA3E90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E197E

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