#4E1C77#4E1C77

#4E1C77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.147 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C77
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 119)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 76.5%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.94, 40.61, -42.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.94, 58.60, 313.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.084 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.147 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.8862, 3.7822, 17.8164)
Luminance	0.0378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C77 #45771C

analogous

#211C77 #4E1C77 #771C73

triadic

#4E1C77 #774E1C #1C774E

tetradic

#4E1C77 #77211C #45771C #1C7377

square

#4E1C77 #77211C #45771C #1C7377

split-complementary

#4E1C77 #73771C #1C7721

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1045 #4E1C77 #6E28A9 #8E3CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.96

#4E1C77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1C77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C77

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C77	1.00	11.96	1.76	11.96
#FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.147 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845d9f',
    500: '#4e1c77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c77;
$custom-light: #845d9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.967,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35385,
    "c": 0.14667,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C77

secondary

#72AB44

accent

#E5438C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C77

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

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