#4E2174#4E2174

#4E2174 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.137 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E2174
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 116)
HSL	hsl(273, 56%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 72%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.57, 37.40, -39.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.57, 54.27, 313.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.079 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.137 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8374, 3.9684, 16.9254)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E2174 #477421

analogous

#252174 #4E2174 #742171

triadic

#4E2174 #744E21 #21744E

tetradic

#4E2174 #742521 #477421 #217174

square

#4E2174 #742521 #477421 #217174

split-complementary

#4E2174 #717421 #217425

monochromatic

#100718 #2E1344 #4E2174 #6E2FA4 #8D45CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.71

#4E2174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E2174 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E2174

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E2174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E2174	1.00	11.71	1.79	11.71
#FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043872

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473448

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e2174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.137 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83609d',
    500: '#4e2174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e2174;
$custom-light: #83609d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e2174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.53,
    "s": 55.705,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35757,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E2174

secondary

#74A749

accent

#DF498E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFEAF2

border

#CAC6CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E2174

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

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