#4E1A7B#4E1A7B

#4E1A7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.153 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A7B
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.96, 42.50, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.96, 61.73, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(35.51% 0.0851 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(35.51% 0.153 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0856, 3.7886, 19.0930)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.54

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A7B #477B1A

analogous

#1E1A7B #4E1A7B #7B1A78

triadic

#4E1A7B #7B4E1A #1A7B4E

tetradic

#4E1A7B #7B1E1A #477B1A #1A787B

square

#4E1A7B #7B1E1A #477B1A #1A787B

split-complementary

#4E1A7B #787B1A #1A7B1E

monochromatic

#100519 #2E0F48 #4E1A7B #6E25AE #8D3AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4E1A7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1A7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A7B

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A7B	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.153 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845da2',
    500: '#4e1a7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a7b;
$custom-light: #845da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.165,
    "s": 65.101,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35506,
    "c": 0.15336,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A7B

secondary

#74AF42

accent

#E8408E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A7B

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