#4E1779#4E1779

#4E1779 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.154 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1779
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 121)
HSL	hsl(274, 68%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 81%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 81%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.35, 43.27, -44.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.35, 62.07, 314.20°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0883 -0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.155 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8987, 3.6130, 18.4194)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1779 #427917

analogous

#1D1779 #4E1779 #791773

triadic

#4E1779 #794E17 #17794E

tetradic

#4E1779 #791D17 #427917 #177379

square

#4E1779 #791D17 #427917 #177379

split-complementary

#4E1779 #737917 #17791D

monochromatic

#11051A #2D0D46 #4E1779 #6F21AC #8F32D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#4E1779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1779 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1779

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1779	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.154 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ba0',
    500: '#4e1779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1779;
$custom-light: #845ba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.673,
    "s": 68.056,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35023,
    "c": 0.1545,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1779

secondary

#6FAE3E

accent

#EB3D89

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1779

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

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