#4E1C69#4E1C69

#4E1C69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.131 H 311.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C69
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 105)
HSL	hsl(279, 58%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 73%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 73.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.84, 37.17, -35.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.84, 51.06, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(34.26% 0.0864 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(34.26% 0.131 311.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1065, 3.4703, 13.7100)
Luminance	0.0347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C69 #37691C

analogous

#271C69 #4E1C69 #691C5D

triadic

#4E1C69 #694E1C #1C694E

tetradic

#4E1C69 #69271C #37691C #1C5D69

square

#4E1C69 #69271C #37691C #1C5D69

split-complementary

#4E1C69 #5D691C #1C6927

monochromatic

#120618 #2A0F39 #4E1C69 #722999 #9636C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.40

#4E1C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#4E1C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C69

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C69	1.00	12.40	1.69	12.40
#FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#113567

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.131 311.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d94',
    500: '#4e1c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c69;
$custom-light: #835d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.961,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34255,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 311.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C69

secondary

#639E43

accent

#E1477D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C69

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

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