#4E1C7A#4E1C7A

#4E1C7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.150 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C7A
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 77%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 41.36, -43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 60.22, 313.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% 0.0833 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.15 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0692, 3.8554, 18.7803)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.97

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C7A #487A1C

analogous

#1F1C7A #4E1C7A #7A1C77

triadic

#4E1C7A #7A4E1C #1C7A4E

tetradic

#4E1C7A #7A1F1C #487A1C #1C777A

square

#4E1C7A #7A1F1C #487A1C #1C777A

split-complementary

#4E1C7A #777A1C #1C7A1F

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1148 #4E1C7A #6E27AC #8D3ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#4E1C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1C7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C7A

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C7A	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#453349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.150 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea1',
    500: '#4e1c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c7a;
$custom-light: #845ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.915,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3564,
    "c": 0.14996,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C7A

secondary

#76AE44

accent

#E6428F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C7A

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

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