#4E1B75#4E1B75

#4E1B75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.146 H 305.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B75
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 117)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 76.9%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 40.57, -41.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 58.04, 314.34°)
OKLab	oklab(35.1% 0.0855 -0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(35.1% 0.146 305.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7440, 3.6880, 17.1827)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B75 #42751B

analogous

#211B75 #4E1B75 #751B6F

triadic

#4E1B75 #754E1B #1B754E

tetradic

#4E1B75 #75211B #42751B #1B6F75

square

#4E1B75 #75211B #42751B #1B6F75

split-complementary

#4E1B75 #6F751B #1B7521

monochromatic

#110619 #2D1043 #4E1B75 #6F26A7 #8F39D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4E1B75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1B75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B75

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B75	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003673

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.146 305.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d9d',
    500: '#4e1b75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b75;
$custom-light: #845d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35103,
    "c": 0.14571,
    "h": 305.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B75

secondary

#6FA942

accent

#E64289

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B75

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

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