#4E1B72#4E1B72

#4E1B72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.142 H 307.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B72
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 76.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 39.82, -39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 56.43, 314.89°)
OKLab	oklab(34.85% 0.0861 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(34.85% 0.142 307.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.5704, 3.6186, 16.2686)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B72 #3F721B

analogous

#221B72 #4E1B72 #721B6B

triadic

#4E1B72 #724E1B #1B724E

tetradic

#4E1B72 #72221B #3F721B #1B6B72

square

#4E1B72 #72221B #3F721B #1B6B72

split-complementary

#4E1B72 #6B721B #1B7222

monochromatic

#110619 #2C0F41 #4E1B72 #7027A3 #9138D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4E1B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B72

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B72	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.142 307.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9b',
    500: '#4e1b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b72;
$custom-light: #835d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.172,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34854,
    "c": 0.14245,
    "h": 307.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B72

secondary

#6CA742

accent

#E54386

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B72

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

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