#4E1B79#4E1B79

#4E1B79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.150 H 304.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B79
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 121)
HSL	hsl(273, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 78%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 77.7%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 41.56, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 60.18, 313.68°)
OKLab	oklab(35.44% 0.0846 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(35.44% 0.15 304.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9842, 3.7841, 18.4479)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.89

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B79 #46791B

analogous

#1F1B79 #4E1B79 #791B75

triadic

#4E1B79 #794E1B #1B794E

tetradic

#4E1B79 #791F1B #46791B #1B7579

square

#4E1B79 #791F1B #46791B #1B7579

split-complementary

#4E1B79 #75791B #1B791F

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1047 #4E1B79 #6E26AB #8E3BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4E1B79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1B79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B79

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B79	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463249

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.150 304.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845da0',
    500: '#4e1b79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b79;
$custom-light: #845da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.553,
    "s": 63.514,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35442,
    "c": 0.15005,
    "h": 304.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B79

secondary

#73AD43

accent

#E7418D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B79

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

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