#4E1780#4E1780

#4E1780 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.162 H 302.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1780
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 128)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.1%, 82%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 44.99, -47.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 65.74, 313.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0863 -0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.162 302.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3436, 3.7910, 20.7627)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1780 #498017

analogous

#1A1780 #4E1780 #80177D

triadic

#4E1780 #804E17 #17804E

tetradic

#4E1780 #801A17 #498017 #177D80

square

#4E1780 #801A17 #498017 #177D80

split-complementary

#4E1780 #7D8017 #17801A

monochromatic

#10051A #2E0E4C #4E1780 #6E20B4 #8D36DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#4E1780 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1780 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1780

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1780	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1780	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43344C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1780;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.162 302.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca6',
    500: '#4e1780',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1780;
$custom-light: #855ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1780",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.429,
    "s": 69.536,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35648,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 302.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1780

secondary

#77B43E

accent

#EC3B90

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1780

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

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