#4E1A72#4E1A72

#4E1A72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.144 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A72
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 77.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 40.28, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 56.93, 315.03°)
OKLab	oklab(34.74% 0.0871 -0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(34.74% 0.144 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5479, 3.5735, 16.2611)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A72 #3E721A

analogous

#221A72 #4E1A72 #721A6A

triadic

#4E1A72 #724E1A #1A724E

tetradic

#4E1A72 #72221A #3E721A #1A6A72

square

#4E1A72 #72221A #3E721A #1A6A72

split-complementary

#4E1A72 #6A721A #1A7222

monochromatic

#110619 #2C0F40 #4E1A72 #7025A4 #9135D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4E1A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A72

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A72	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.144 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9b',
    500: '#4e1a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a72;
$custom-light: #845c9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.455,
    "s": 62.857,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34741,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A72

secondary

#6BA741

accent

#E64285

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A72

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

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