#4E1C6A#4E1C6A

#4E1C6A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.132 H 310.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C6A
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 106)
HSL	hsl(278, 58%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.91, 37.41, -35.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.91, 51.60, 316.47°)
OKLab	oklab(34.33% 0.0862 -0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(34.33% 0.132 310.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1582, 3.4910, 13.9823)
Luminance	0.0349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C6A #386A1C

analogous

#271C6A #4E1C6A #6A1C5F

triadic

#4E1C6A #6A4E1C #1C6A4E

tetradic

#4E1C6A #6A271C #386A1C #1C5F6A

square

#4E1C6A #6A271C #386A1C #1C5F6A

split-complementary

#4E1C6A #5F6A1C #1C6A27

monochromatic

#120618 #2A0F3A #4E1C6A #72299A #9536CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.37

#4E1C6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1C6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C6A

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C6A	1.00	12.37	1.70	12.37
#FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#103568

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2D41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.132 310.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d95',
    500: '#4e1c6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c6a;
$custom-light: #835d95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.462,
    "s": 58.209,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34333,
    "c": 0.13241,
    "h": 310.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C6A

secondary

#649F43

accent

#E1467E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C6A

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

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