#4E1C81#4E1C81

#4E1C81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.158 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1C81
RGB	rgb(78, 28, 129)
HSL	hsl(270, 64%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(270, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 78.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 43.14, -47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 63.96, 312.41°)
OKLab	oklab(36.25% 0.0817 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(36.25% 0.158 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5186, 4.0351, 21.1474)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1C81 #4F811C

analogous

#1C1C81 #4E1C81 #801C81

triadic

#4E1C81 #814E1C #1C814E

tetradic

#4E1C81 #811C1C #4F811C #1C8180

square

#4E1C81 #811C1C #4F811C #1C8180

split-complementary

#4E1C81 #81801C #1C811C

monochromatic

#11061C #30114F #4E1C81 #6C27B3 #8B42D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#4E1C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#4E1C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1C81

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1C81	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 28, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.158 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea6',
    500: '#4e1c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1c81;
$custom-light: #855ea6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.703,
    "s": 64.331,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36248,
    "c": 0.15763,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1C81

secondary

#7DB444

accent

#E74095

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1C81

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

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