#4E1D69#4E1D69

#4E1D69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.130 H 311.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D69
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 105)
HSL	hsl(279, 57%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.01, 36.68, -34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.01, 50.51, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(34.38% 0.0852 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(34.38% 0.13 311)
XYZ	xyz(6.1306, 3.5185, 13.7180)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D69 #38691D

analogous

#281D69 #4E1D69 #691D5E

triadic

#4E1D69 #694E1D #1D694E

tetradic

#4E1D69 #69281D #38691D #1D5E69

square

#4E1D69 #69281D #38691D #1D5E69

split-complementary

#4E1D69 #5E691D #1D6928

monochromatic

#120718 #2A1039 #4E1D69 #722A99 #9538C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.33

#4E1D69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#4E1D69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D69

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D69	1.00	12.33	1.70	12.33
#FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#133667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4B2D40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.130 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835d94',
    500: '#4e1d69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d69;
$custom-light: #835d94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.684,
    "s": 56.716,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3438,
    "c": 0.12991,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.03518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D69

secondary

#649E44

accent

#E0487E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D69

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

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