#4E1A69#4E1A69

#4E1A69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.0% C 0.134 H 311.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A69
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 105)
HSL	hsl(279, 60%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 75%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 75.2%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.50, 38.11, -35.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.50, 52.12, 316.99°)
OKLab	oklab(34.02% 0.0887 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(34.02% 0.134 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0606, 3.3786, 13.6947)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A69 #35691A

analogous

#271A69 #4E1A69 #691A5C

triadic

#4E1A69 #694E1A #1A694E

tetradic

#4E1A69 #69271A #35691A #1A5C69

square

#4E1A69 #69271A #35691A #1A5C69

split-complementary

#4E1A69 #5C691A #1A6927

monochromatic

#120619 #2A0E38 #4E1A69 #72269A #9732CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#4E1A69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E1A69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A69

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A69	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2B3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.0% 0.134 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c94',
    500: '#4e1a69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a69;
$custom-light: #835c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.494,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34016,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A69

secondary

#619E40

accent

#E3447B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A69

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

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