#4E1A81#4E1A81

#4E1A81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.160 H 301.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1A81
RGB	rgb(78, 26, 129)
HSL	hsl(270, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.48, 44.01, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.48, 64.92, 312.69°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% 0.0835 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.16 301.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.4728, 3.9434, 21.1321)
Luminance	0.0394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.18

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1A81 #4D811A

analogous

#1A1A81 #4E1A81 #811A81

triadic

#4E1A81 #814E1A #1A814E

tetradic

#4E1A81 #811A1A #4D811A #1A8181

square

#4E1A81 #811A1A #4D811A #1A8181

split-complementary

#4E1A81 #81811A #1A811A

monochromatic

#10051B #2F104E #4E1A81 #6D24B4 #8B3DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#4E1A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1A81

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1A81	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003784

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43354D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 26, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.160 301.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855da6',
    500: '#4e1a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1a81;
$custom-light: #855da6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.291,
    "s": 66.452,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36036,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 301.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1A81

secondary

#7BB542

accent

#E93E93

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C040F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1A81

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

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