#4E1C7B#4E1C7B

#4E1C7B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.151 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C7B
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 123)
HSL	hsl(272, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 77%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.6%, 77.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 41.61, -44.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 60.75, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.73% 0.0831 -0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(35.73% 0.151 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1315, 3.8803, 19.1083)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.88

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C7B #497B1C

analogous

#1F1C7B #4E1C7B #7B1C79

triadic

#4E1C7B #7B4E1C #1C7B4E

tetradic

#4E1C7B #7B1F1C #497B1C #1C797B

square

#4E1C7B #7B1F1C #497B1C #1C797B

split-complementary

#4E1C7B #797B1C #1C7B1F

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1149 #4E1C7B #6E27AD #8D3ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4E1C7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1C7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C7B

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C7B	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.151 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea2',
    500: '#4e1c7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c7b;
$custom-light: #845ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 62.914,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35725,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C7B

secondary

#77AF44

accent

#E64290

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C7B

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

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