#4E1083#4E1083

#4E1083 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.171 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1083
RGB	rgb(78, 16, 131)
HSL	hsl(272, 78%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 88%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.5%, 87.8%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.40, 48.18, -50.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.40, 69.98, 313.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0904 -0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.171 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4229, 3.6289, 21.7777)
Luminance	0.0363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1083 #458310

analogous

#151083 #4E1083 #83107F

triadic

#4E1083 #834E10 #10834E

tetradic

#4E1083 #831510 #458310 #107F83

square

#4E1083 #831510 #458310 #107F83

split-complementary

#4E1083 #7F8310 #108315

monochromatic

#10031B #2E094C #4E1083 #6E17BA #8E29E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.17

#4E1083 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1083 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1083

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1083	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1083	1.00	12.17	1.73	12.17
#FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003586

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003581

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#42324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1083;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 16, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.171 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8659a8',
    500: '#4e1083',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1083;
$custom-light: #8659a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1083",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 16,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.348,
    "s": 78.231,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35343,
    "c": 0.17092,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1083

secondary

#72B936

accent

#F5338C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C0410

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1083

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

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