#4E1481#4E1481

#4E1481 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.166 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1481
RGB	rgb(78, 20, 129)
HSL	hsl(272, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 84.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.67, 46.37, -49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.67, 67.50, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0883 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.166 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3535, 3.7050, 21.0923)
Luminance	0.0370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.26

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1481 #478114

analogous

#181481 #4E1481 #81147E

triadic

#4E1481 #814E14 #14814E

tetradic

#4E1481 #811814 #478114 #147E81

square

#4E1481 #811814 #478114 #147E81

split-complementary

#4E1481 #7E8114 #148118

monochromatic

#10041A #2E0C4C #4E1481 #6E1CB6 #8D30DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#4E1481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1481 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1481

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1481	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 20, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.166 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855aa6',
    500: '#4e1481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1481;
$custom-light: #855aa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 20,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.927,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3547,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1481

secondary

#74B63B

accent

#F0388E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1481

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

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