#4E1A77#4E1A77

#4E1A77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.149 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A77
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 119)
HSL	hsl(274, 64%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 41.51, -42.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 59.60, 314.14°)
OKLab	oklab(35.16% 0.086 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(35.16% 0.149 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8403, 3.6904, 17.8012)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A77 #43771A

analogous

#1F1A77 #4E1A77 #771A71

triadic

#4E1A77 #774E1A #1A774E

tetradic

#4E1A77 #771F1A #43771A #1A7177

square

#4E1A77 #771F1A #43771A #1A7177

split-complementary

#4E1A77 #71771A #1A771F

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F45 #4E1A77 #6F25A9 #8F38D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#4E1A77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1A77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A77

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A77	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.149 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845c9f',
    500: '#4e1a77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a77;
$custom-light: #845c9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.548,
    "s": 64.138,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35161,
    "c": 0.14906,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A77

secondary

#70AC41

accent

#E7418A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A77

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

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