#4E217B#4E217B

#4E217B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.145 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E217B
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 39.21, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 58.11, 312.44°)
OKLab	oklab(36.33% 0.0779 -0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(36.33% 0.145 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2600, 4.1375, 19.1512)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.84

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E217B #4E7B21

analogous

#21217B #4E217B #7B217B

triadic

#4E217B #7B4E21 #217B4E

tetradic

#4E217B #7B2121 #4E7B21 #217B7B

square

#4E217B #7B2121 #4E7B21 #217B7B

split-complementary

#4E217B #7B7B21 #217B21

monochromatic

#11071A #2F144B #4E217B #6D2EAB #8B48CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#4E217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E217B

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E217B	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.145 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a2',
    500: '#4e217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e217b;
$custom-light: #8460a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36327,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E217B

secondary

#7CAE4A

accent

#E14794

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E217B

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

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