#4E1B7C#4E1B7C

#4E1B7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.153 H 303.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1B7C
RGB	rgb(78, 27, 124)
HSL	hsl(272, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 78.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.20, 42.32, -45.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.20, 61.78, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0839 -0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.153 303.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1711, 3.8588, 19.4319)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1B7C #497C1B

analogous

#1D1B7C #4E1B7C #7C1B7A

triadic

#4E1B7C #7C4E1B #1B7C4E

tetradic

#4E1B7C #7C1D1B #497C1B #1B7A7C

square

#4E1B7C #7C1D1B #497C1B #1B7A7C

split-complementary

#4E1B7C #7A7C1B #1B7C1D

monochromatic

#100519 #2E104A #4E1B7C #6E26AE #8D3DD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4E1B7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1B7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1B7C

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1B7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1B7C	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1b7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 27, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.153 303.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845da3',
    500: '#4e1b7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1b7c;
$custom-light: #845da3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1b7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.546,
    "s": 64.238,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35701,
    "c": 0.15331,
    "h": 303.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1B7C

secondary

#77B043

accent

#E74190

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1B7C

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

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