#4E1181#4E1181

#4E1181 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.168 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1181
RGB	rgb(78, 17, 129)
HSL	hsl(273, 77%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 87%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 86.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 47.39, -49.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 68.61, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0905 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.168 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3038, 3.6056, 21.0758)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.87

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1181 #448111

analogous

#161181 #4E1181 #81117C

triadic

#4E1181 #814E11 #11814E

tetradic

#4E1181 #811611 #448111 #117C81

square

#4E1181 #811611 #448111 #117C81

split-complementary

#4E1181 #7C8111 #118116

monochromatic

#10041B #2D0A4B #4E1181 #6F18B7 #8E2AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#4E1181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1181 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1181

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1181	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003484

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 17, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.168 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8659a7',
    500: '#4e1181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1181;
$custom-light: #8659a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.679,
    "s": 76.712,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35228,
    "c": 0.16817,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1181

secondary

#71B737

accent

#F3358B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1181

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

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