#4E1381#4E1381

#4E1381 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.167 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1381
RGB	rgb(78, 19, 129)
HSL	hsl(272, 74%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 85%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 85.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 46.72, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 67.88, 313.49°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0891 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.167 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3362, 3.6704, 21.0866)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.12

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1381 #468113

analogous

#171381 #4E1381 #81137D

triadic

#4E1381 #814E13 #13814E

tetradic

#4E1381 #811713 #468113 #137D81

square

#4E1381 #811713 #468113 #137D81

split-complementary

#4E1381 #7D8113 #138117

monochromatic

#10041B #2E0B4C #4E1381 #6E1BB6 #8E2EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#4E1381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1381 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1381

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1381	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43324C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 19, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.167 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa6',
    500: '#4e1381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1381;
$custom-light: #855aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 19,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.182,
    "s": 74.324,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35386,
    "c": 0.16651,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1381

secondary

#73B63A

accent

#F1378D

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1381

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

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