#4E1A7E#4E1A7E

#4E1A7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.157 H 302.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A7E
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 79%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 79.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.22, 43.26, -46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.22, 63.33, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.77% 0.0843 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(35.77% 0.157 302.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2763, 3.8648, 20.0973)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.32

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A7E #4A7E1A

analogous

#1C1A7E #4E1A7E #7E1A7C

triadic

#4E1A7E #7E4E1A #1A7E4E

tetradic

#4E1A7E #7E1C1A #4A7E1A #1A7C7E

square

#4E1A7E #7E1C1A #4A7E1A #1A7C7E

split-complementary

#4E1A7E #7C7E1A #1A7E1C

monochromatic

#100519 #2F104B #4E1A7E #6D24B1 #8C3CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#4E1A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A7E

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A7E	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.157 302.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da4',
    500: '#4e1a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a7e;
$custom-light: #855da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35769,
    "c": 0.15658,
    "h": 302.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A7E

secondary

#78B242

accent

#E93F91

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A7E

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