#4E1B73#4E1B73

#4E1B73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.144 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B73
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 115)
HSL	hsl(275, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 76.5%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 40.07, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 56.97, 314.70°)
OKLab	oklab(34.94% 0.0859 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(34.94% 0.144 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6277, 3.6414, 16.5700)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B73 #40731B

analogous

#221B73 #4E1B73 #731B6C

triadic

#4E1B73 #734E1B #1B734E

tetradic

#4E1B73 #73221B #40731B #1B6C73

square

#4E1B73 #73221B #40731B #1B6C73

split-complementary

#4E1B73 #6C731B #1B7322

monochromatic

#110619 #2C0F41 #4E1B73 #7027A5 #9038D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#4E1B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1B73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B73

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B73	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.144 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d9c',
    500: '#4e1b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b73;
$custom-light: #845d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.773,
    "s": 61.972,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34937,
    "c": 0.14353,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B73

secondary

#6DA842

accent

#E54387

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B73

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

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