#4E1A70#4E1A70

#4E1A70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.142 H 308.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A70
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 112)
HSL	hsl(276, 62%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 76.8%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.05, 39.79, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.05, 55.86, 315.43°)
OKLab	oklab(34.58% 0.0875 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(34.58% 0.142 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4353, 3.5284, 15.6681)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A70 #3C701A

analogous

#231A70 #4E1A70 #701A67

triadic

#4E1A70 #704E1A #1A704E

tetradic

#4E1A70 #70231A #3C701A #1A6770

square

#4E1A70 #70231A #3C701A #1A6770

split-complementary

#4E1A70 #67701A #1A7023

monochromatic

#110619 #2B0E3E #4E1A70 #7126A2 #9234D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4E1A70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1A70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A70

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A70	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.142 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c9a',
    500: '#4e1a70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a70;
$custom-light: #835c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.279,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34576,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A70

secondary

#68A541

accent

#E54283

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A70

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

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