#4E1A74#4E1A74

#4E1A74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.146 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A74
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 116)
HSL	hsl(275, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 78%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 77.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 40.77, -41.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 58.00, 314.66°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0867 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.146 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6630, 3.6195, 16.8672)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A74 #40741A

analogous

#211A74 #4E1A74 #741A6D

triadic

#4E1A74 #744E1A #1A744E

tetradic

#4E1A74 #74211A #40741A #1A6D74

square

#4E1A74 #74211A #40741A #1A6D74

split-complementary

#4E1A74 #6D741A #1A7421

monochromatic

#110619 #2C0F42 #4E1A74 #7025A6 #9036D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4E1A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A74

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A74	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.146 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9d',
    500: '#4e1a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a74;
$custom-light: #845c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.667,
    "s": 63.38,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34908,
    "c": 0.14583,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A74

secondary

#6DA941

accent

#E64187

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A74

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

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