#4E217C#4E217C

#4E217C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.146 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E217C
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 124)
HSL	hsl(270, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 73%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 73.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.20, 39.47, -43.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.20, 58.66, 312.30°)
OKLab	oklab(36.41% 0.0777 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(36.41% 0.146 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3230, 4.1626, 19.4825)
Luminance	0.0416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.77

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E217C #4F7C21

analogous

#21217C #4E217C #7B217C

triadic

#4E217C #7C4E21 #217C4E

tetradic

#4E217C #7C2121 #4F7C21 #217C7B

square

#4E217C #7C2121 #4F7C21 #217C7B

split-complementary

#4E217C #7C7B21 #217C21

monochromatic

#11071B #30144C #4E217C #6C2EAC #8B49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.46

#4E217C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E217C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E217C

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E217C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E217C	1.00	11.46	1.83	11.46
#FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e217c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.146 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a3',
    500: '#4e217c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e217c;
$custom-light: #8460a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e217c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.67,
    "s": 57.962,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3641,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E217C

secondary

#7DAF4A

accent

#E14795

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E217C

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

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