#4E1281#4E1281

#4E1281 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.167 H 302.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1281
RGB	rgb(78, 18, 129)
HSL	hsl(272, 76%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 86%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 86%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.43, 47.06, -49.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.43, 68.26, 313.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.31% 0.0898 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(35.31% 0.167 302.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.3197, 3.6373, 21.0811)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 1.99

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1281 #458112

analogous

#161281 #4E1281 #81127D

triadic

#4E1281 #814E12 #12814E

tetradic

#4E1281 #811612 #458112 #127D81

square

#4E1281 #811612 #458112 #127D81

split-complementary

#4E1281 #7D8112 #128116

monochromatic

#10041B #2E0B4B #4E1281 #6E19B7 #8E2CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.16

#4E1281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1281 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1281

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1281	1.00	12.16	1.73	12.16
#FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43324B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 18, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.167 302.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#865aa7',
    500: '#4e1281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1281;
$custom-light: #865aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.432,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35306,
    "c": 0.16735,
    "h": 302.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1281

secondary

#72B738

accent

#F2368C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1281

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

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