#4E1A75#4E1A75

#4E1A75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.147 H 306.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A75
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 117)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 77.8%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 41.02, -41.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 58.54, 314.48°)
OKLab	oklab(34.99% 0.0865 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(34.99% 0.147 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7215, 3.6429, 17.1752)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A75 #41751A

analogous

#211A75 #4E1A75 #751A6E

triadic

#4E1A75 #754E1A #1A754E

tetradic

#4E1A75 #75211A #41751A #1A6E75

square

#4E1A75 #75211A #41751A #1A6E75

split-complementary

#4E1A75 #6E751A #1A7521

monochromatic

#110619 #2D0F43 #4E1A75 #6F25A7 #9037D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#4E1A75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1A75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A75

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A75	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.147 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9d',
    500: '#4e1a75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a75;
$custom-light: #845c9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34992,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A75

secondary

#6EAA41

accent

#E74188

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A75

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

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