#4E1C7F#4E1C7F

#4E1C7F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.155 H 301.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C7F
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 127)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.6%, 78%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.61, 42.63, -46.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.61, 62.89, 312.67°)
OKLab	oklab(36.07% 0.0822 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(36.07% 0.155 301.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.3870, 3.9825, 20.4541)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C7F #4D7F1C

analogous

#1C1C7F #4E1C7F #7F1C7E

triadic

#4E1C7F #7F4E1C #1C7F4E

tetradic

#4E1C7F #7F1C1C #4D7F1C #1C7E7F

square

#4E1C7F #7F1C1C #4D7F1C #1C7E7F

split-complementary

#4E1C7F #7E7F1C #1C7F1C

monochromatic

#10061B #2F114D #4E1C7F #6D27B1 #8B40D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4E1C7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1C7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C7F

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C7F	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43354C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.155 301.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea5',
    500: '#4e1c7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c7f;
$custom-light: #855ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.303,
    "s": 63.871,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36072,
    "c": 0.15544,
    "h": 301.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C7F

secondary

#7BB344

accent

#E74193

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C7F

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