#4E217E#4E217E

#4E217E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.148 H 301.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E217E
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.37, 40.00, -44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.37, 59.75, 312.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.58% 0.0774 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(36.58% 0.148 301.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4507, 4.2137, 20.1554)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.64

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E217E #517E21

analogous

#21227E #4E217E #7C217E

triadic

#4E217E #7E4E21 #217E4E

tetradic

#4E217E #7E2122 #517E21 #217E7C

square

#4E217E #7E2122 #517E21 #217E7C

split-complementary

#4E217E #7E7C21 #227E21

monochromatic

#12081D #30144E #4E217E #6C2EAE #8B4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#4E217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E217E

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E217E	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.148 301.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8460a4',
    500: '#4e217e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e217e;
$custom-light: #8460a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.032,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36578,
    "c": 0.14829,
    "h": 301.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E217E

secondary

#7FB14A

accent

#E24696

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E217E

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

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