#4E1B74#4E1B74

#4E1B74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.145 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B74
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 116)
HSL	hsl(274, 62%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 76.7%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 40.32, -41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 57.50, 314.52°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% 0.0857 -0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.145 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.6855, 3.6646, 16.8747)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B74 #41741B

analogous

#211B74 #4E1B74 #741B6D

triadic

#4E1B74 #744E1B #1B744E

tetradic

#4E1B74 #74211B #41741B #1B6D74

square

#4E1B74 #74211B #41741B #1B6D74

split-complementary

#4E1B74 #6D741B #1B7421

monochromatic

#110619 #2D0F42 #4E1B74 #6F27A6 #9039D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#4E1B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B74

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B74	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473046

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.145 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d9d',
    500: '#4e1b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b74;
$custom-light: #845d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.382,
    "s": 62.238,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3502,
    "c": 0.14462,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B74

secondary

#6EA942

accent

#E54288

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B74

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

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