#4E1E70#4E1E70

#4E1E70 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.136 H 307.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E70
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 112)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.72, 37.90, -38.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.72, 53.76, 314.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.05% 0.0831 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(35.05% 0.136 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.5302, 3.7182, 15.6998)
Luminance	0.0372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E70 #40701E

analogous

#251E70 #4E1E70 #701E69

triadic

#4E1E70 #704E1E #1E704E

tetradic

#4E1E70 #70251E #40701E #1E6970

square

#4E1E70 #70251E #40701E #1E6970

split-complementary

#4E1E70 #69701E #1E7025

monochromatic

#110618 #2C1140 #4E1E70 #702BA0 #903DCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.04

#4E1E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#4E1E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E70

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E70	1.00	12.04	1.74	12.04
#FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07376E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.136 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9a',
    500: '#4e1e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e70;
$custom-light: #835e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.122,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35052,
    "c": 0.13633,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E70

secondary

#6DA446

accent

#E14787

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E70

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

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