#4E1979#4E1979

#4E1979 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.152 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1979
RGB	rgb(78, 25, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 79.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.64, 42.44, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.64, 61.15, 313.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.23% 0.0865 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(35.23% 0.152 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9399, 3.6955, 18.4331)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.57

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1979 #447919

analogous

#1E1979 #4E1979 #791974

triadic

#4E1979 #794E19 #19794E

tetradic

#4E1979 #791E19 #447919 #197479

square

#4E1979 #791E19 #447919 #197479

split-complementary

#4E1979 #747919 #19791E

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F46 #4E1979 #6F23AC #8E37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#4E1979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1979 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1979

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1979	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463148

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 25, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.152 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ca0',
    500: '#4e1979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1979;
$custom-light: #845ca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.125,
    "s": 65.753,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35226,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1979

secondary

#71AE40

accent

#E93F8B

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1979

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

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