#4E1479#4E1479

#4E1479 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.158 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1479
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 72%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 83%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 83.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.95, 44.44, -45.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.95, 63.35, 314.54°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0909 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.158 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8424, 3.5005, 18.4007)
Luminance	0.0350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1479 #3F7914

analogous

#1B1479 #4E1479 #791472

triadic

#4E1479 #794E14 #14794E

tetradic

#4E1479 #791B14 #3F7914 #147279

square

#4E1479 #791B14 #3F7914 #147279

split-complementary

#4E1479 #727914 #14791B

monochromatic

#11041A #2C0B44 #4E1479 #701DAE #912BDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.35

#4E1479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1479 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1479

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1479	1.00	12.35	1.70	12.35
#FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#462F47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.158 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa1',
    500: '#4e1479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1479;
$custom-light: #855aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.455,
    "s": 71.631,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34743,
    "c": 0.15752,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1479

secondary

#6CAF3A

accent

#EE3986

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1479

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

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