#4E1C7C#4E1C7C

#4E1C7C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.152 H 303.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C7C
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 124)
HSL	hsl(271, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.1%, 77.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 41.87, -44.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 61.29, 313.09°)
OKLab	oklab(35.81% 0.0829 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(35.81% 0.152 303)
XYZ	xyz(7.1944, 3.9054, 19.4397)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.80

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C7C #4A7C1C

analogous

#1E1C7C #4E1C7C #7C1C7A

triadic

#4E1C7C #7C4E1C #1C7C4E

tetradic

#4E1C7C #7C1E1C #4A7C1C #1C7A7C

square

#4E1C7C #7C1E1C #4A7C1C #1C7A7C

split-complementary

#4E1C7C #7A7C1C #1C7C1E

monochromatic

#100619 #2F114A #4E1C7C #6D27AE #8C3FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4E1C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1C7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C7C

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C7C	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45344B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.152 303.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea3',
    500: '#4e1c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c7c;
$custom-light: #845ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.25,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35811,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 303
  },
  "luminance": 0.03905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C7C

secondary

#78B044

accent

#E64290

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C7C

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