#4E1D79#4E1D79

#4E1D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.148 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D79
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 40.64, -43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 59.17, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.67% 0.0826 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(35.67% 0.148 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.0316, 3.8789, 18.4637)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D79 #48791D

analogous

#201D79 #4E1D79 #791D76

triadic

#4E1D79 #794E1D #1D794E

tetradic

#4E1D79 #79201D #48791D #1D7679

square

#4E1D79 #79201D #48791D #1D7679

split-complementary

#4E1D79 #76791D #1D7920

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1148 #4E1D79 #6E29AA #8D3FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#4E1D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D79

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D79	1.00	11.83	1.78	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.148 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea0',
    500: '#4e1d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d79;
$custom-light: #845ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.957,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3567,
    "c": 0.14765,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D79

secondary

#76AD45

accent

#E4438F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D79

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

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