#4E1679#4E1679

#4E1679 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.156 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1679
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 81.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 43.67, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 62.51, 314.32°)
OKLab	oklab(34.93% 0.0892 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(34.93% 0.156 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.8792, 3.5740, 18.4129)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.14

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1679 #417916

analogous

#1C1679 #4E1679 #791672

triadic

#4E1679 #794E16 #16794E

tetradic

#4E1679 #791C16 #417916 #167279

square

#4E1679 #791C16 #417916 #167279

split-complementary

#4E1679 #727916 #16791C

monochromatic

#11051A #2D0D45 #4E1679 #6F1FAD #9030D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4E1679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1679 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1679

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1679	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463048

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.156 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba0',
    500: '#4e1679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1679;
$custom-light: #845ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.939,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34927,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1679

secondary

#6EAE3D

accent

#EC3C88

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1679

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

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