#4E1C78#4E1C78

#4E1C78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.148 H 304.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C78
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 120)
HSL	hsl(273, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 76.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.02, 40.86, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.02, 59.14, 313.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.47% 0.0838 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(35.47% 0.148 304.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9465, 3.8063, 18.1344)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C78 #46781C

analogous

#201C78 #4E1C78 #781C74

triadic

#4E1C78 #784E1C #1C784E

tetradic

#4E1C78 #78201C #46781C #1C7478

square

#4E1C78 #78201C #46781C #1C7478

split-complementary

#4E1C78 #74781C #1C7820

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1046 #4E1C78 #6E28AA #8E3DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#4E1C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C78

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C78	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.148 304.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea0',
    500: '#4e1c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c78;
$custom-light: #845ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.609,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35469,
    "c": 0.14777,
    "h": 304.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C78

secondary

#73AC44

accent

#E5438D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C78

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

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