#4E1976#4E1976

#4E1976 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.149 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1976
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 65%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 79%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 78.8%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.38, 41.70, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.38, 59.55, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.0872 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.149 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7588, 3.6230, 17.4793)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1976 #417619

analogous

#201976 #4E1976 #76196F

triadic

#4E1976 #764E19 #19764E

tetradic

#4E1976 #762019 #417619 #196F76

square

#4E1976 #762019 #417619 #196F76

split-complementary

#4E1976 #6F7619 #197620

monochromatic

#110519 #2D0E43 #4E1976 #6F24A8 #9035D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4E1976 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1976 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1976

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1976	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1976	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473047

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1976;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.149 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9e',
    500: '#4e1976',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1976;
$custom-light: #845c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1976",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.194,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34968,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1976

secondary

#6EAB40

accent

#E84088

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1976

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

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