#4E1B7A#4E1B7A

#4E1B7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.151 H 303.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B7A
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 77.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 41.81, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 60.72, 313.53°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0843 -0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.151 303.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0459, 3.8087, 18.7725)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B7A #477A1B

analogous

#1F1B7A #4E1B7A #7A1B77

triadic

#4E1B7A #7A4E1B #1B7A4E

tetradic

#4E1B7A #7A1F1B #477A1B #1B777A

square

#4E1B7A #7A1F1B #477A1B #1B777A

split-complementary

#4E1B7A #777A1B #1B7A1F

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1048 #4E1B7A #6E26AC #8D3CD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#4E1B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B7A

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B7A	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.151 303.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845da1',
    500: '#4e1b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b7a;
$custom-light: #845da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.211,
    "s": 63.758,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35528,
    "c": 0.15114,
    "h": 303.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B7A

secondary

#74AE43

accent

#E7418E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B7A

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

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