#4E1C74#4E1C74

#4E1C74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.143 H 306.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C74
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 116)
HSL	hsl(274, 61%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 76%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 75.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.69, 39.86, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.69, 56.99, 314.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.14% 0.0846 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(35.14% 0.143 306.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.7088, 3.7112, 16.8825)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C74 #42741C

analogous

#221C74 #4E1C74 #741C6E

triadic

#4E1C74 #744E1C #1C744E

tetradic

#4E1C74 #74221C #42741C #1C6E74

square

#4E1C74 #74221C #42741C #1C6E74

split-complementary

#4E1C74 #6E741C #1C7422

monochromatic

#110619 #2D1043 #4E1C74 #6F28A5 #8F3BD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4E1C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1C74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C74

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C74	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.143 306.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d9d',
    500: '#4e1c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c74;
$custom-light: #845d9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.091,
    "s": 61.111,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35135,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 306.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C74

secondary

#6FA843

accent

#E44489

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C74

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

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