#4E1C6E#4E1C6E

#4E1C6E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.137 H 308.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C6E
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 110)
HSL	hsl(277, 59%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(277, 75%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.1%, 74.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.22, 38.38, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.22, 53.75, 315.56°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0857 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.137 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.3710, 3.5761, 15.1035)
Luminance	0.0358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C6E #3C6E1C

analogous

#251C6E #4E1C6E #6E1C65

triadic

#4E1C6E #6E4E1C #1C6E4E

tetradic

#4E1C6E #6E251C #3C6E1C #1C656E

square

#4E1C6E #6E251C #3C6E1C #1C656E

split-complementary

#4E1C6E #656E1C #1C6E25

monochromatic

#110618 #2B103D #4E1C6E #71289F #9238CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.24

#4E1C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1C6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C6E

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C6E	1.00	12.24	1.72	12.24
#FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#08366C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492E43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.137 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d98',
    500: '#4e1c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c6e;
$custom-light: #835d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.585,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34648,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C6E

secondary

#68A343

accent

#E34583

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C6E

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

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