#4E1D73#4E1D73

#4E1D73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.141 H 306.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D73
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 115)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 74.8%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.78, 39.13, -39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.78, 55.93, 314.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.17% 0.0837 -0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(35.17% 0.141 306.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.6751, 3.7363, 16.5859)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D73 #42731D

analogous

#231D73 #4E1D73 #731D6D

triadic

#4E1D73 #734E1D #1D734E

tetradic

#4E1D73 #73231D #42731D #1D6D73

square

#4E1D73 #73231D #42731D #1D6D73

split-complementary

#4E1D73 #6D731D #1D7323

monochromatic

#110618 #2D1142 #4E1D73 #6F29A4 #8F3CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.02

#4E1D73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E1D73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D73

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D73	1.00	12.02	1.75	12.02
#FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.141 306.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9c',
    500: '#4e1d73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d73;
$custom-light: #835e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.186,
    "s": 59.722,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35171,
    "c": 0.141,
    "h": 306.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D73

secondary

#6FA745

accent

#E34589

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D73

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

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