#4E1B71#4E1B71

#4E1B71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.141 H 307.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B71
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 113)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 76%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 76.1%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.29, 39.58, -39.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.29, 55.89, 315.09°)
OKLab	oklab(34.77% 0.0862 -0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(34.77% 0.141 307.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5138, 3.5959, 15.9705)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B71 #3E711B

analogous

#231B71 #4E1B71 #711B69

triadic

#4E1B71 #714E1B #1B714E

tetradic

#4E1B71 #71231B #3E711B #1B6971

square

#4E1B71 #71231B #3E711B #1B6971

split-complementary

#4E1B71 #69711B #1B7123

monochromatic

#110619 #2C0F40 #4E1B71 #7027A2 #9137CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#4E1B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B71

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B71	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00366F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#482F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.141 307.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9a',
    500: '#4e1b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b71;
$custom-light: #835d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.581,
    "s": 61.429,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34772,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 307.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B71

secondary

#6BA642

accent

#E54385

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B71

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

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