#4E1B76#4E1B76

#4E1B76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.147 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B76
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 118)
HSL	hsl(274, 63%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 77%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 77.1%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 40.81, -42.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 58.57, 314.17°)
OKLab	oklab(35.19% 0.0852 -0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(35.19% 0.147 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.8031, 3.7116, 17.4940)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B76 #43761B

analogous

#201B76 #4E1B76 #761B70

triadic

#4E1B76 #764E1B #1B764E

tetradic

#4E1B76 #76201B #43761B #1B7076

square

#4E1B76 #76201B #43761B #1B7076

split-complementary

#4E1B76 #70761B #1B7620

monochromatic

#100619 #2D1044 #4E1B76 #6F26A8 #8F3AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4E1B76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1B76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B76

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B76	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003674

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473147

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.147 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d9e',
    500: '#4e1b76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b76;
$custom-light: #845d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.626,
    "s": 62.759,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35187,
    "c": 0.14679,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B76

secondary

#70AA42

accent

#E6428A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B76

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

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