#4E1A76#4E1A76

#4E1A76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.148 H 305.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A76
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 78%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.54, 41.26, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.54, 59.07, 314.31°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0862 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.148 305.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.7806, 3.6665, 17.4865)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A76 #42761A

analogous

#201A76 #4E1A76 #761A70

triadic

#4E1A76 #764E1A #1A764E

tetradic

#4E1A76 #76201A #42761A #1A7076

square

#4E1A76 #76201A #42761A #1A7076

split-complementary

#4E1A76 #70761A #1A7620

monochromatic

#110619 #2D0F44 #4E1A76 #6F25A8 #8F37D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#4E1A76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1A76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A76

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A76	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003479

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.148 305.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9e',
    500: '#4e1a76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a76;
$custom-light: #845c9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.913,
    "s": 63.889,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35076,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 305.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A76

secondary

#6FAB41

accent

#E74189

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A76

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

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