#4E1681#4E1681

#4E1681 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.164 H 302.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1681
RGB	rgb(78, 22, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 82.9%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.93, 45.63, -48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.93, 66.69, 313.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0868 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.164 302)
XYZ	xyz(7.3903, 3.7785, 21.1046)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1681 #498116

analogous

#191681 #4E1681 #81167F

triadic

#4E1681 #814E16 #16814E

tetradic

#4E1681 #811916 #498116 #167F81

square

#4E1681 #811916 #498116 #167F81

split-complementary

#4E1681 #7F8116 #168119

monochromatic

#10041A #2E0D4D #4E1681 #6E1FB5 #8D35DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#4E1681 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1681 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1681

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1681	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1681	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1681;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 22, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.164 302.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ba6',
    500: '#4e1681',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1681;
$custom-light: #855ba6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1681",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.402,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35646,
    "c": 0.16381,
    "h": 302
  },
  "luminance": 0.03778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1681

secondary

#77B63D

accent

#EE3A90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1681

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

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