#4E217A#4E217A

#4E217A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.144 H 302.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E217A
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 122)
HSL	hsl(270, 57%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 73%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.04, 38.95, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.04, 57.56, 312.59°)
OKLab	oklab(36.24% 0.0781 -0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(36.24% 0.144 302.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.1978, 4.1126, 18.8232)
Luminance	0.0411 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.93

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E217A #4D7A21

analogous

#21217A #4E217A #7A2179

triadic

#4E217A #7A4E21 #217A4E

tetradic

#4E217A #7A2121 #4D7A21 #21797A

square

#4E217A #7A2121 #4D7A21 #21797A

split-complementary

#4E217A #797A21 #217A21

monochromatic

#10071A #2F144A #4E217A #6D2EAA #8B48CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#4E217A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E217A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E217A

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E217A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E217A	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e217a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.144 302.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a1',
    500: '#4e217a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e217a;
$custom-light: #8460a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e217a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.337,
    "s": 57.419,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36244,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 302.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E217A

secondary

#7BAD4A

accent

#E14793

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E217A

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

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