#4E1C73#4E1C73

#4E1C73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.142 H 306.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C73
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 115)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 75.7%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.61, 39.61, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.61, 56.45, 314.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.05% 0.0848 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(35.05% 0.142 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.6510, 3.6881, 16.5778)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C73 #41731C

analogous

#231C73 #4E1C73 #731C6C

triadic

#4E1C73 #734E1C #1C734E

tetradic

#4E1C73 #73231C #41731C #1C6C73

square

#4E1C73 #73231C #41731C #1C6C73

split-complementary

#4E1C73 #6C731C #1C7323

monochromatic

#110619 #2D1042 #4E1C73 #6F28A4 #903ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#4E1C73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1C73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C73

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C73	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.142 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d9c',
    500: '#4e1c73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c73;
$custom-light: #835d9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.483,
    "s": 60.839,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35052,
    "c": 0.14228,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C73

secondary

#6EA743

accent

#E44488

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C73

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

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