#4E1A79#4E1A79

#4E1A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.151 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A79
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 79%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 42.01, -43.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 60.67, 313.82°)
OKLab	oklab(35.33% 0.0856 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(35.33% 0.151 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9617, 3.7390, 18.4404)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.73

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A79 #45791A

analogous

#1F1A79 #4E1A79 #791A75

triadic

#4E1A79 #794E1A #1A794E

tetradic

#4E1A79 #791F1A #45791A #1A7579

square

#4E1A79 #791F1A #45791A #1A7579

split-complementary

#4E1A79 #75791A #1A791F

monochromatic

#100519 #2E0F47 #4E1A79 #6E25AB #8E39D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4E1A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E1A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A79

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A79	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.151 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845da0',
    500: '#4e1a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a79;
$custom-light: #845da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.842,
    "s": 64.626,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35333,
    "c": 0.15121,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A79

secondary

#72AD41

accent

#E8408C

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A79

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

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