#4E1D71#4E1D71

#4E1D71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.139 H 307.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D71
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 113)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 74%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 74.3%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.62, 38.64, -38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.62, 54.84, 314.79°)
OKLab	oklab(35.01% 0.0841 -0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(35.01% 0.139 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.5613, 3.6908, 15.9863)
Luminance	0.0369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D71 #40711D

analogous

#241D71 #4E1D71 #711D6A

triadic

#4E1D71 #714E1D #1D714E

tetradic

#4E1D71 #71241D #40711D #1D6A71

square

#4E1D71 #71241D #40711D #1D6A71

split-complementary

#4E1D71 #6A711D #1D7124

monochromatic

#110618 #2C1140 #4E1D71 #7029A2 #903CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.08

#4E1D71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1D71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D71

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D71	1.00	12.08	1.74	12.08
#FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#03366F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.139 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9a',
    500: '#4e1d71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d71;
$custom-light: #835e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275,
    "s": 59.155,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35009,
    "c": 0.13878,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D71

secondary

#6DA544

accent

#E24587

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D71

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

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