#4E1D81#4E1D81

#4E1D81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.157 H 301.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1D81
RGB	rgb(78, 29, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 63%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 78%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.95, 42.69, -46.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.95, 63.47, 312.27°)
OKLab	oklab(36.36% 0.0807 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(36.36% 0.157 301)
XYZ	xyz(7.5427, 4.0834, 21.1554)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.72

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1D81 #50811D

analogous

#1D1E81 #4E1D81 #801D81

triadic

#4E1D81 #814E1D #1D814E

tetradic

#4E1D81 #811D1E #50811D #1D8180

square

#4E1D81 #811D1E #50811D #1D8180

split-complementary

#4E1D81 #81801D #1E811D

monochromatic

#12071D #30124F #4E1D81 #6C28B3 #8B44D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.56

#4E1D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#4E1D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1D81

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1D81	1.00	11.56	1.82	11.56
#FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 29, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.157 301.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa6',
    500: '#4e1d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1d81;
$custom-light: #855fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.4,
    "s": 63.291,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36359,
    "c": 0.1565,
    "h": 301
  },
  "luminance": 0.04083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1D81

secondary

#7EB446

accent

#E64196

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0C050F

muted

#7D797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1D81

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

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