#4E1A71#4E1A71

#4E1A71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.143 H 307.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A71
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 113)
HSL	hsl(276, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 77%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.13, 40.04, -39.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.13, 56.40, 315.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.66% 0.0873 -0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(34.66% 0.143 307.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.4913, 3.5508, 15.9630)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A71 #3D711A

analogous

#221A71 #4E1A71 #711A69

triadic

#4E1A71 #714E1A #1A714E

tetradic

#4E1A71 #71221A #3D711A #1A6971

square

#4E1A71 #71221A #3D711A #1A6971

split-complementary

#4E1A71 #69711A #1A7122

monochromatic

#110619 #2C0F3F #4E1A71 #7025A3 #9235D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#4E1A71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1A71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A71

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A71	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003373

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00356F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.143 307.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c9a',
    500: '#4e1a71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a71;
$custom-light: #835c9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.862,
    "s": 62.59,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34658,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 307.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A71

secondary

#6AA641

accent

#E64284

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A71

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

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