#4E1D7A#4E1D7A

#4E1D7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.149 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D7A
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 122)
HSL	hsl(272, 62%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 76%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 76.2%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 40.90, -43.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 59.71, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.75% 0.0823 -0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(35.75% 0.149 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.0933, 3.9036, 18.7884)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.15

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D7A #497A1D

analogous

#201D7A #4E1D7A #7A1D78

triadic

#4E1D7A #7A4E1D #1D7A4E

tetradic

#4E1D7A #7A201D #497A1D #1D787A

square

#4E1D7A #7A201D #497A1D #1D787A

split-complementary

#4E1D7A #787A1D #1D7A20

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1149 #4E1D7A #6E29AB #8D40D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4E1D7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1D7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D7A

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D7A	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.149 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ea1',
    500: '#4e1d7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d7a;
$custom-light: #845ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.613,
    "s": 61.589,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35754,
    "c": 0.14876,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D7A

secondary

#77AE45

accent

#E54390

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F3

border

#CBC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D7A

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

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