#4E2171#4E2171

#4E2171 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.133 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2171
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 113)
HSL	hsl(274, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(274, 71%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 70.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.34, 36.64, -37.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.34, 52.61, 314.13°)
OKLab	oklab(35.52% 0.0794 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(35.52% 0.133 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6657, 3.8997, 16.0211)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2171 #447121

analogous

#262171 #4E2171 #71216C

triadic

#4E2171 #714E21 #21714E

tetradic

#4E2171 #712621 #447121 #216C71

square

#4E2171 #712621 #447121 #216C71

split-complementary

#4E2171 #6C7121 #217126

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1342 #4E2171 #6F2FA0 #8E44C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#4E2171 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E2171 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2171

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2171	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2171	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003673

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B386F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483346

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2171;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.133 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609a',
    500: '#4e2171',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2171;
$custom-light: #83609a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2171",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.75,
    "s": 54.795,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3552,
    "c": 0.1333,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2171

secondary

#71A549

accent

#DE4A8B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2171

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

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