#4E1B77#4E1B77

#4E1B77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.148 H 305.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B77
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 119)
HSL	hsl(273, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 77.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 41.06, -42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 59.11, 314.00°)
OKLab	oklab(35.27% 0.085 -0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(35.27% 0.148 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8628, 3.7355, 17.8087)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B77 #44771B

analogous

#201B77 #4E1B77 #771B72

triadic

#4E1B77 #774E1B #1B774E

tetradic

#4E1B77 #77201B #44771B #1B7277

square

#4E1B77 #77201B #44771B #1B7277

split-complementary

#4E1B77 #72771B #1B7720

monochromatic

#100619 #2D1045 #4E1B77 #6F26A9 #8E3AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4E1B77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E1B77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B77

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B77	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003675

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.148 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d9f',
    500: '#4e1b77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b77;
$custom-light: #845d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.261,
    "s": 63.014,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35272,
    "c": 0.14787,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B77

secondary

#71AB42

accent

#E6428B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B77

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

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