#4E1781#4E1781

#4E1781 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.163 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1781
RGB	rgb(78, 23, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 70%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 82%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 82.2%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.06, 45.24, -48.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.06, 66.26, 313.06°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.086 -0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.163 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4098, 3.8174, 21.1111)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.69

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1781 #4A8117

analogous

#191781 #4E1781 #81177F

triadic

#4E1781 #814E17 #17814E

tetradic

#4E1781 #811917 #4A8117 #177F81

square

#4E1781 #811917 #4A8117 #177F81

split-complementary

#4E1781 #7F8117 #178119

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4D #4E1781 #6D20B5 #8C37DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#4E1781 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1781 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1781

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1781	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1781	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	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: #4e1781;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 23, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.163 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca6',
    500: '#4e1781',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1781;
$custom-light: #855ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1781",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.132,
    "s": 69.737,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35739,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1781

secondary

#78B53E

accent

#ED3B91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1781

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

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