#4E1571#4E1571

#4E1571 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.148 H 308.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1571
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 113)
HSL	hsl(277, 69%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(277, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 81.4%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.39, 42.15, -40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.39, 58.75, 315.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.14% 0.0922 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(34.14% 0.148 308.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3901, 3.3484, 15.9293)
Luminance	0.0335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1571 #387115

analogous

#201571 #4E1571 #711566

triadic

#4E1571 #714E15 #15714E

tetradic

#4E1571 #712015 #387115 #156671

square

#4E1571 #712015 #387115 #156671

split-complementary

#4E1571 #667115 #157120

monochromatic

#12051A #2A0B3D #4E1571 #721FA5 #9529D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.58

#4E1571 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#4E1571 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1571

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1571	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1571	1.00	12.58	1.67	12.58
#FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003174

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1571;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.148 308.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845a9a',
    500: '#4e1571',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1571;
$custom-light: #845a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1571",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.174,
    "s": 68.657,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34138,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 308.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1571

secondary

#64A73B

accent

#EB3C7F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1571

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

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