#4E1771#4E1771

#4E1771 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.146 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1771
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 113)
HSL	hsl(277, 66%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 79.6%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.67, 41.34, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.67, 57.85, 315.62°)
OKLab	oklab(34.34% 0.0903 -0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(34.34% 0.146 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4283, 3.4248, 15.9420)
Luminance	0.0343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1771 #3A7117

analogous

#211771 #4E1771 #711767

triadic

#4E1771 #714E17 #17714E

tetradic

#4E1771 #712117 #3A7117 #176771

square

#4E1771 #712117 #3A7117 #176771

split-complementary

#4E1771 #677117 #177121

monochromatic

#120519 #2B0D3E #4E1771 #7121A4 #942ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.46

#4E1771 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E1771 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1771

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1771	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1771	1.00	12.46	1.69	12.46
#FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00346F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482D43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1771;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.146 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b9a',
    500: '#4e1771',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1771;
$custom-light: #845b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1771",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.667,
    "s": 66.176,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34336,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1771

secondary

#66A73D

accent

#E93F81

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1771

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

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