#4E1C71#4E1C71

#4E1C71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.140 H 307.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C71
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 113)
HSL	hsl(275, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 75.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.45, 39.11, -39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.45, 55.37, 314.94°)
OKLab	oklab(34.89% 0.0852 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(34.89% 0.14 307.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.5371, 3.6426, 15.9783)
Luminance	0.0364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C71 #3F711C

analogous

#231C71 #4E1C71 #711C6A

triadic

#4E1C71 #714E1C #1C714E

tetradic

#4E1C71 #71231C #3F711C #1C6A71

square

#4E1C71 #71231C #3F711C #1C6A71

split-complementary

#4E1C71 #6A711C #1C7123

monochromatic

#110619 #2C1040 #4E1C71 #7028A2 #9139CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.15

#4E1C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C71

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C71	1.00	12.15	1.73	12.15
#FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#01366F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.140 307.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9a',
    500: '#4e1c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c71;
$custom-light: #835d9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.294,
    "s": 60.284,
    "l": 27.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34889,
    "c": 0.14009,
    "h": 307.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C71

secondary

#6CA643

accent

#E34486

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C71

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

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