#4E217F#4E217F

#4E217F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.149 H 301.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E217F
RGB	rgb(78, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(269, 59%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 74%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.45, 40.26, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.45, 60.30, 311.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% 0.0772 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.149 301.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.5156, 4.2397, 20.4969)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.59

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E217F #527F21

analogous

#21237F #4E217F #7D217F

triadic

#4E217F #7F4E21 #217F4E

tetradic

#4E217F #7F2123 #527F21 #217F7D

square

#4E217F #7F2123 #527F21 #217F7D

split-complementary

#4E217F #7F7D21 #237F21

monochromatic

#12081E #30144E #4E217F #6C2EB0 #8A4AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.36

#4E217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#4E217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E217F

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E217F	1.00	11.36	1.85	11.36
#FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.149 301.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8461a5',
    500: '#4e217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e217f;
$custom-light: #8461a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.723,
    "s": 58.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36662,
    "c": 0.14944,
    "h": 301.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E217F

secondary

#80B24A

accent

#E24697

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E217F

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

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