#4E1D74#4E1D74

#4E1D74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.142 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D74
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 116)
HSL	hsl(274, 60%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 75%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 75%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.86, 39.38, -40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.86, 56.47, 314.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.25% 0.0835 -0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(35.25% 0.142 306)
XYZ	xyz(6.7329, 3.7594, 16.8906)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D74 #43741D

analogous

#221D74 #4E1D74 #741D6E

triadic

#4E1D74 #744E1D #1D744E

tetradic

#4E1D74 #74221D #43741D #1D6E74

square

#4E1D74 #74221D #43741D #1D6E74

split-complementary

#4E1D74 #6E741D #1D7422

monochromatic

#100618 #2D1143 #4E1D74 #6F29A5 #8F3DCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#4E1D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E1D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D74

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D74	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.142 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e9d',
    500: '#4e1d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d74;
$custom-light: #845e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.793,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35253,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.03759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D74

secondary

#70A845

accent

#E3458A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D74

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

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