#4E1C72#4E1C72

#4E1C72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.141 H 307.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C72
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 75.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.53, 39.36, -39.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.53, 55.91, 314.75°)
OKLab	oklab(34.97% 0.085 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(34.97% 0.141 307)
XYZ	xyz(6.5938, 3.6652, 16.2764)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C72 #40721C

analogous

#231C72 #4E1C72 #721C6B

triadic

#4E1C72 #724E1C #1C724E

tetradic

#4E1C72 #72231C #40721C #1C6B72

square

#4E1C72 #72231C #40721C #1C6B72

split-complementary

#4E1C72 #6B721C #1C7223

monochromatic

#110619 #2C1041 #4E1C72 #7028A3 #903ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.12

#4E1C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#4E1C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C72

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C72	1.00	12.12	1.73	12.12
#FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003474

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003670

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.141 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9b',
    500: '#4e1c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c72;
$custom-light: #835d9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.884,
    "s": 60.563,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34971,
    "c": 0.14118,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.03665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C72

secondary

#6DA643

accent

#E44487

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C72

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

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