#4E1971#4E1971

#4E1971 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.144 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1971
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 113)
HSL	hsl(276, 64%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 78%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 77.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.97, 40.48, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.97, 56.89, 315.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.55% 0.0883 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(34.55% 0.144 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4695, 3.5073, 15.9557)
Luminance	0.0351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1971 #3C7119

analogous

#221971 #4E1971 #711968

triadic

#4E1971 #714E19 #19714E

tetradic

#4E1971 #712219 #3C7119 #196871

square

#4E1971 #712219 #3C7119 #196871

split-complementary

#4E1971 #687119 #197122

monochromatic

#110619 #2B0E3F #4E1971 #7124A3 #9233D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.34

#4E1971 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1971 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1971

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1971	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1971	1.00	12.34	1.70	12.34
#FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1971;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.144 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9a',
    500: '#4e1971',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1971;
$custom-light: #845c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1971",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.136,
    "s": 63.768,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34548,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1971

secondary

#68A640

accent

#E74183

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1971

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

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