#4E1C6D#4E1C6D

#4E1C6D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.136 H 309.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C6D
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 109)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 74%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 74.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.14, 38.13, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.14, 53.21, 315.77°)
OKLab	oklab(34.57% 0.0858 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(34.57% 0.136 309.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3169, 3.5545, 14.8183)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C6D #3B6D1C

analogous

#261C6D #4E1C6D #6D1C64

triadic

#4E1C6D #6D4E1C #1C6D4E

tetradic

#4E1C6D #6D261C #3B6D1C #1C646D

square

#4E1C6D #6D261C #3B6D1C #1C646D

split-complementary

#4E1C6D #646D1C #1C6D26

monochromatic

#110618 #2B0F3C #4E1C6D #71299E #9338CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.27

#4E1C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1C6D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C6D

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C6D	1.00	12.27	1.71	12.27
#FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A366B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492E42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.136 309.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d97',
    500: '#4e1c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c6d;
$custom-light: #835d97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.037,
    "s": 59.124,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34568,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 309.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C6D

secondary

#67A243

accent

#E24582

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C6D

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

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