#4E1A7C#4E1A7C

#4E1A7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.154 H 303.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A7C
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 65%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 79%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.05, 42.75, -45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.05, 62.27, 313.36°)
OKLab	oklab(35.59% 0.0848 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(35.59% 0.154 303.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1485, 3.8137, 19.4244)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.45

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A7C #487C1A

analogous

#1D1A7C #4E1A7C #7C1A79

triadic

#4E1A7C #7C4E1A #1A7C4E

tetradic

#4E1A7C #7C1D1A #487C1A #1A797C

square

#4E1A7C #7C1D1A #487C1A #1A797C

split-complementary

#4E1A7C #797C1A #1A7C1D

monochromatic

#100519 #2E0F49 #4E1A7C #6E25AF #8D3BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#4E1A7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1A7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A7C

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A7C	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.154 303.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da3',
    500: '#4e1a7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a7c;
$custom-light: #855da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.837,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35593,
    "c": 0.15443,
    "h": 303.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A7C

secondary

#76B042

accent

#E8408F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A7C

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