#4E1D77#4E1D77

#4E1D77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.145 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D77
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 119)
HSL	hsl(273, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 75.6%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.10, 40.14, -41.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.10, 58.09, 313.71°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.083 -0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.145 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9103, 3.8304, 17.8245)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D77 #46771D

analogous

#211D77 #4E1D77 #771D73

triadic

#4E1D77 #774E1D #1D774E

tetradic

#4E1D77 #77211D #46771D #1D7377

square

#4E1D77 #77211D #46771D #1D7377

split-complementary

#4E1D77 #73771D #1D7721

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1146 #4E1D77 #6E29A8 #8E3ED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#4E1D77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1D77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D77

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D77	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.145 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e9f',
    500: '#4e1d77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d77;
$custom-light: #845e9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.667,
    "s": 60.811,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35502,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D77

secondary

#73AB45

accent

#E4448D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D77

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

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