#4E217D#4E217D

#4E217D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.147 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E217D
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.6%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.28, 39.73, -43.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.28, 59.20, 312.16°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0775 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.147 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.3865, 4.1881, 19.8173)
Luminance	0.0419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.70

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E217D #507D21

analogous

#21227D #4E217D #7C217D

triadic

#4E217D #7D4E21 #217D4E

tetradic

#4E217D #7D2122 #507D21 #217D7C

square

#4E217D #7D2122 #507D21 #217D7C

split-complementary

#4E217D #7D7C21 #227D21

monochromatic

#12071C #30144D #4E217D #6C2EAD #8B49CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4E217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E217D

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E217D	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44374C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.147 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a3',
    500: '#4e217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e217d;
$custom-light: #8460a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.348,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36493,
    "c": 0.14715,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E217D

secondary

#7EB04A

accent

#E14696

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E217D

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

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