#4E1280#4E1280

#4E1280 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.166 H 302.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1280
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 128)
HSL	hsl(273, 75%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 86%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 85.9%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 46.82, -48.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 67.74, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0901 -0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.166 302.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2535, 3.6108, 20.7327)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.03

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1280 #448012

analogous

#171280 #4E1280 #80127B

triadic

#4E1280 #804E12 #12804E

tetradic

#4E1280 #801712 #448012 #127B80

square

#4E1280 #801712 #448012 #127B80

split-complementary

#4E1280 #7B8012 #128017

monochromatic

#10041B #2D0A4A #4E1280 #6F1AB6 #8E2BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#4E1280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1280 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1280

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1280	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003483

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.166 302.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa6',
    500: '#4e1280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1280;
$custom-light: #855aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 75.342,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35213,
    "c": 0.16636,
    "h": 302.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1280

secondary

#71B638

accent

#F2368B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1280

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

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