#4E2173#4E2173

#4E2173 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.136 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2173
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 115)
HSL	hsl(273, 55%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 71%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 71.3%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 37.15, -38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 53.72, 313.75°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.0792 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.136 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7796, 3.9453, 16.6207)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2173 #467321

analogous

#252173 #4E2173 #73216F

triadic

#4E2173 #734E21 #21734E

tetradic

#4E2173 #732521 #467321 #216F73

square

#4E2173 #732521 #467321 #216F73

split-complementary

#4E2173 #6F7321 #217325

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1343 #4E2173 #6E2FA3 #8E45CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4E2173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2173 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2173

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2173	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003775

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.136 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609c',
    500: '#4e2173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2173;
$custom-light: #83609c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.927,
    "s": 55.405,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35677,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2173

secondary

#73A649

accent

#DF498D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2173

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

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