#4E1D7E#4E1D7E

#4E1D7E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.153 H 302.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D7E
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 126)
HSL	hsl(270, 63%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(270, 77%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 77%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.69, 41.92, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.69, 61.86, 312.66°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0814 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.153 302.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.3462, 4.0048, 20.1206)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.85

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D7E #4D7E1D

analogous

#1D1D7E #4E1D7E #7E1D7E

triadic

#4E1D7E #7E4E1D #1D7E4E

tetradic

#4E1D7E #7E1D1D #4D7E1D #1D7E7E

square

#4E1D7E #7E1D1D #4D7E1D #1D7E7E

split-complementary

#4E1D7E #7E7E1D #1D7E1D

monochromatic

#10061B #2F124C #4E1D7E #6D28B0 #8B42D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#4E1D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D7E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D7E	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#44364C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.153 302.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855ea4',
    500: '#4e1d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d7e;
$custom-light: #855ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.309,
    "s": 62.581,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36098,
    "c": 0.15318,
    "h": 302.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D7E

secondary

#7BB145

accent

#E64293

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D7E

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

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