#4E1581#4E1581

#4E1581 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.165 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1581
RGB	rgb(78, 21, 129)
HSL	hsl(272, 72%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 83.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.80, 46.00, -48.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.80, 67.10, 313.28°)
OKLab	oklab(35.56% 0.0876 -0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(35.56% 0.165 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3715, 3.7410, 21.0983)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.40

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1581 #488115

analogous

#181581 #4E1581 #81157E

triadic

#4E1581 #814E15 #15814E

tetradic

#4E1581 #811815 #488115 #157E81

square

#4E1581 #811815 #488115 #157E81

split-complementary

#4E1581 #7E8115 #158118

monochromatic

#10041A #2E0C4C #4E1581 #6E1EB6 #8D33DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#4E1581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E1581 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1581

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1581	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43334C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 21, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.165 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba6',
    500: '#4e1581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1581;
$custom-light: #855ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35556,
    "c": 0.16474,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1581

secondary

#76B63C

accent

#EF398F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1581

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

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