#4E1881#4E1881

#4E1881 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.162 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1881
RGB	rgb(78, 24, 129)
HSL	hsl(271, 69%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 81.4%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 44.84, -48.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 65.83, 312.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.84% 0.0852 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(35.84% 0.162 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4300, 3.8579, 21.1178)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 2.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1881 #4B8118

analogous

#1A1881 #4E1881 #81187F

triadic

#4E1881 #814E18 #18814E

tetradic

#4E1881 #811A18 #4B8118 #187F81

square

#4E1881 #811A18 #4B8118 #187F81

split-complementary

#4E1881 #7F8118 #18811A

monochromatic

#10051A #2F0E4D #4E1881 #6D22B5 #8C39DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4E1881 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1881 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1881

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1881	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1881	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43344D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1881;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 24, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.162 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ca6',
    500: '#4e1881',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1881;
$custom-light: #855ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1881",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.857,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35835,
    "c": 0.16186,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1881

secondary

#79B540

accent

#EB3C91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1881

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

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