#4E1C79#4E1C79

#4E1C79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.149 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C79
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 76.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.10, 41.11, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.10, 59.68, 313.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% 0.0836 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.149 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0075, 3.8307, 18.4557)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.07

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C79 #47791C

analogous

#201C79 #4E1C79 #791C76

triadic

#4E1C79 #794E1C #1C794E

tetradic

#4E1C79 #79201C #47791C #1C7679

square

#4E1C79 #79201C #47791C #1C7679

split-complementary

#4E1C79 #76791C #1C7920

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1047 #4E1C79 #6E28AB #8D3DD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#4E1C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C79

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C79	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.149 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea0',
    500: '#4e1c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c79;
$custom-light: #845ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.258,
    "s": 62.416,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35554,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C79

secondary

#74AD44

accent

#E5428E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#F0E9F2

border

#CBC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C79

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