#4E1A78#4E1A78

#4E1A78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.150 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A78
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 120)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 78.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 41.76, -43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 60.14, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0858 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.15 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9007, 3.7146, 18.1191)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A78 #44781A

analogous

#1F1A78 #4E1A78 #781A73

triadic

#4E1A78 #784E1A #1A784E

tetradic

#4E1A78 #781F1A #44781A #1A7378

square

#4E1A78 #781F1A #44781A #1A7378

split-complementary

#4E1A78 #73781A #1A781F

monochromatic

#100519 #2D0F46 #4E1A78 #6F25AA #8E38D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4E1A78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1A78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A78

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A78	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.150 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845da0',
    500: '#4e1a78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a78;
$custom-light: #845da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.191,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35247,
    "c": 0.15013,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03715
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A78

secondary

#71AC41

accent

#E7408B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A78

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

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