#4E1C7E#4E1C7E

#4E1C7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.154 H 302.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C7E
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 126)
HSL	hsl(271, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 78%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 77.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 42.37, -45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 62.36, 312.80°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.0824 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.154 302.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.3221, 3.9565, 20.1126)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.67

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C7E #4C7E1C

analogous

#1D1C7E #4E1C7E #7E1C7D

triadic

#4E1C7E #7E4E1C #1C7E4E

tetradic

#4E1C7E #7E1D1C #4C7E1C #1C7D7E

square

#4E1C7E #7E1D1C #4C7E1C #1C7D7E

split-complementary

#4E1C7E #7D7E1C #1C7E1D

monochromatic

#10061A #2F114C #4E1C7E #6D27B0 #8C40D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4E1C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C7E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C7E	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.154 302.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea4',
    500: '#4e1c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c7e;
$custom-light: #855ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.612,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 30.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35985,
    "c": 0.15434,
    "h": 302.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C7E

secondary

#7AB244

accent

#E74192

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C7E

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