#4E1D78#4E1D78

#4E1D78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.147 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D78
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 120)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 75.8%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.18, 40.39, -42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.18, 58.63, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.59% 0.0828 -0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(35.59% 0.147 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9706, 3.8545, 18.1424)
Luminance	0.0385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D78 #47781D

analogous

#211D78 #4E1D78 #781D75

triadic

#4E1D78 #784E1D #1D784E

tetradic

#4E1D78 #78211D #47781D #1D7578

square

#4E1D78 #78211D #47781D #1D7578

split-complementary

#4E1D78 #75781D #1D7821

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1147 #4E1D78 #6E29A9 #8D3FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#4E1D78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1D78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D78

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D78	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.147 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea0',
    500: '#4e1d78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d78;
$custom-light: #845ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.308,
    "s": 61.074,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35585,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D78

secondary

#74AC45

accent

#E4448E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D78

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

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