#4E1B69#4E1B69

#4E1B69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.1% C 0.133 H 311.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B69
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 105)
HSL	hsl(279, 59%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 74%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 74.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.67, 37.65, -35.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.67, 51.60, 316.86°)
OKLab	oklab(34.13% 0.0875 -0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(34.13% 0.133 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.0831, 3.4236, 13.7022)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B69 #36691B

analogous

#271B69 #4E1B69 #691B5D

triadic

#4E1B69 #694E1B #1B694E

tetradic

#4E1B69 #69271B #36691B #1B5D69

square

#4E1B69 #69271B #36691B #1B5D69

split-complementary

#4E1B69 #5D691B #1B6927

monochromatic

#120618 #2A0E38 #4E1B69 #72289A #9634CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#4E1B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#4E1B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B69

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B69	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.1% 0.133 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835c94',
    500: '#4e1b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b69;
$custom-light: #835c94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.231,
    "s": 59.091,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34134,
    "c": 0.13268,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B69

secondary

#629E42

accent

#E2467C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B69

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

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