#4E1C6C#4E1C6C

#4E1C6C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.135 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C6C
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 108)
HSL	hsl(278, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 74%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.06, 37.89, -36.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.06, 52.68, 316.00°)
OKLab	oklab(34.49% 0.086 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(34.49% 0.135 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.2634, 3.5330, 14.5364)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C6C #3A6C1C

analogous

#261C6C #4E1C6C #6C1C62

triadic

#4E1C6C #6C4E1C #1C6C4E

tetradic

#4E1C6C #6C261C #3A6C1C #1C626C

square

#4E1C6C #6C261C #3A6C1C #1C626C

split-complementary

#4E1C6C #626C1C #1C6C26

monochromatic

#120618 #2B0F3B #4E1C6C #71299D #9437CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#4E1C6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1C6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C6C

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C6C	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C366A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.135 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d97',
    500: '#4e1c6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c6c;
$custom-light: #835d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34489,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C6C

secondary

#66A143

accent

#E24680

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C6C

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

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