#4E1580#4E1580

#4E1580 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.164 H 302.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1580
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 128)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 83.6%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 45.76, -48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 66.58, 313.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0879 -0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.164 302.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.3054, 3.7145, 20.7500)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1580 #478015

analogous

#191580 #4E1580 #80157D

triadic

#4E1580 #804E15 #15804E

tetradic

#4E1580 #801915 #478015 #157D80

square

#4E1580 #801915 #478015 #157D80

split-complementary

#4E1580 #7D8015 #158019

monochromatic

#10041A #2E0C4B #4E1580 #6E1EB5 #8D32DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4E1580 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1580 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1580

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1580	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1580	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003583

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43334B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1580;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.164 302.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba6',
    500: '#4e1580',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1580;
$custom-light: #855ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1580",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.963,
    "s": 71.812,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35465,
    "c": 0.16371,
    "h": 302.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1580

secondary

#74B53C

accent

#EF398E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1580

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

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