#4E1E69#4E1E69

#4E1E69 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.128 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E69
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 105)
HSL	hsl(278, 56%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(278, 71%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.7%, 71.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.19, 36.18, -34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.19, 49.95, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.51% 0.0839 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(34.51% 0.128 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.1555, 3.5683, 13.7264)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E69 #39691E

analogous

#291E69 #4E1E69 #691E5F

triadic

#4E1E69 #694E1E #1E694E

tetradic

#4E1E69 #69291E #39691E #1E5F69

square

#4E1E69 #69291E #39691E #1E5F69

split-complementary

#4E1E69 #5F691E #1E6929

monochromatic

#120718 #2B1039 #4E1E69 #712C99 #943BC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#4E1E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#4E1E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E69

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E69	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#143667

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#4A2E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.128 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e94',
    500: '#4e1e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e69;
$custom-light: #835e94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34508,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E69

secondary

#659E45

accent

#DF497F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F1

border

#CAC5CB

text

#0B040D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E69

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

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