#4E1B70#4E1B70

#4E1B70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.140 H 308.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B70
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 112)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 75.9%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 39.34, -38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 55.35, 315.29°)
OKLab	oklab(34.69% 0.0864 -0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(34.69% 0.14 308)
XYZ	xyz(6.4578, 3.5735, 15.6756)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B70 #3D701B

analogous

#241B70 #4E1B70 #701B68

triadic

#4E1B70 #704E1B #1B704E

tetradic

#4E1B70 #70241B #3D701B #1B6870

square

#4E1B70 #70241B #3D701B #1B6870

split-complementary

#4E1B70 #68701B #1B7024

monochromatic

#110619 #2C0F3F #4E1B70 #7027A1 #9237CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4E1B70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1B70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B70

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B70	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003372

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#02366E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.140 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9a',
    500: '#4e1b70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b70;
$custom-light: #835d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 61.151,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34691,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.03573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B70

secondary

#6AA542

accent

#E44484

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B70

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

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