#4E1C76#4E1C76

#4E1C76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.146 H 305.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C76
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 118)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 76.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 40.35, -41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 58.07, 314.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.3% 0.0842 -0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(35.3% 0.146 305.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8264, 3.7583, 17.5018)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C76 #44761C

analogous

#211C76 #4E1C76 #761C71

triadic

#4E1C76 #764E1C #1C764E

tetradic

#4E1C76 #76211C #44761C #1C7176

square

#4E1C76 #76211C #44761C #1C7176

split-complementary

#4E1C76 #71761C #1C7621

monochromatic

#100619 #2D1045 #4E1C76 #6F28A7 #8E3CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#4E1C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E1C76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C76

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C76	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.146 305.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d9e',
    500: '#4e1c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c76;
$custom-light: #845d9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.333,
    "s": 61.644,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35301,
    "c": 0.14558,
    "h": 305.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C76

secondary

#71AA44

accent

#E5438B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C76

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

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