#4E1A73#4E1A73

#4E1A73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.145 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A73
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 115)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 77.4%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 40.52, -40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 57.47, 314.84°)
OKLab	oklab(34.82% 0.0869 -0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(34.82% 0.145 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6051, 3.5964, 16.5625)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A73 #3F731A

analogous

#211A73 #4E1A73 #731A6C

triadic

#4E1A73 #734E1A #1A734E

tetradic

#4E1A73 #73211A #3F731A #1A6C73

square

#4E1A73 #73211A #3F731A #1A6C73

split-complementary

#4E1A73 #6C731A #1A7321

monochromatic

#110619 #2C0F41 #4E1A73 #7025A5 #9136D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#4E1A73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1A73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A73

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A73	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482F45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.145 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9c',
    500: '#4e1a73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a73;
$custom-light: #845c9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.056,
    "s": 63.121,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34824,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A73

secondary

#6CA841

accent

#E64286

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A73

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

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