#4E1D72#4E1D72

#4E1D72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.140 H 306.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D72
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 114)
HSL	hsl(275, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 74.6%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.70, 38.89, -39.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.70, 55.38, 314.60°)
OKLab	oklab(35.09% 0.0839 -0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(35.09% 0.14 306.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6179, 3.7134, 16.2845)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D72 #41721D

analogous

#231D72 #4E1D72 #721D6B

triadic

#4E1D72 #724E1D #1D724E

tetradic

#4E1D72 #72231D #41721D #1D6B72

square

#4E1D72 #72231D #41721D #1D6B72

split-complementary

#4E1D72 #6B721D #1D7223

monochromatic

#110618 #2D1141 #4E1D72 #6F29A3 #903CCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.05

#4E1D72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1D72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D72

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D72	1.00	12.05	1.74	12.05
#FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#013770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.140 306.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9b',
    500: '#4e1d72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d72;
$custom-light: #835e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.588,
    "s": 59.441,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3509,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 306.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D72

secondary

#6EA645

accent

#E34588

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B040E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D72

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

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