#4E1871#4E1871

#4E1871 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.145 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1871
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 113)
HSL	hsl(276, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 79%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 78.8%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.82, 40.92, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.82, 57.38, 315.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.44% 0.0893 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(34.44% 0.145 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.4485, 3.4653, 15.9487)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1871 #3B7118

analogous

#211871 #4E1871 #711868

triadic

#4E1871 #714E18 #18714E

tetradic

#4E1871 #712118 #3B7118 #186871

square

#4E1871 #712118 #3B7118 #186871

split-complementary

#4E1871 #687118 #187121

monochromatic

#110519 #2B0D3F #4E1871 #7123A3 #9330D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#4E1871 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E1871 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1871

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1871	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1871	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003273

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1871;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.145 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845b9a',
    500: '#4e1871',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1871;
$custom-light: #845b9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1871",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.404,
    "s": 64.964,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34441,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1871

secondary

#67A63E

accent

#E84082

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1871

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

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