#4E1C70#4E1C70

#4E1C70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.139 H 307.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C70
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 112)
HSL	hsl(276, 60%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(276, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 75%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.37, 38.87, -38.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.37, 54.83, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% 0.0853 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.139 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4812, 3.6202, 15.6834)
Luminance	0.0362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C70 #3E701C

analogous

#241C70 #4E1C70 #701C68

triadic

#4E1C70 #704E1C #1C704E

tetradic

#4E1C70 #70241C #3E701C #1C6870

square

#4E1C70 #70241C #3E701C #1C6870

split-complementary

#4E1C70 #68701C #1C7024

monochromatic

#110618 #2C103F #4E1C70 #7028A1 #9139CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.18

#4E1C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#4E1C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C70

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C70	1.00	12.18	1.72	12.18
#FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003472

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03366E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#492F44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.139 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9a',
    500: '#4e1c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c70;
$custom-light: #835d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.714,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34808,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C70

secondary

#6BA543

accent

#E34585

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C70

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

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