#4E1E71#4E1E71

#4E1E71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.137 H 307.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E71
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 113)
HSL	hsl(275, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(275, 73%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 73.5%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.79, 38.15, -38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.79, 54.30, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(35.13% 0.0829 -0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(35.13% 0.137 307.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.5862, 3.7406, 15.9946)
Luminance	0.0374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E71 #41711E

analogous

#241E71 #4E1E71 #711E6A

triadic

#4E1E71 #714E1E #1E714E

tetradic

#4E1E71 #71241E #41711E #1E6A71

square

#4E1E71 #71241E #41711E #1E6A71

split-complementary

#4E1E71 #6A711E #1E7124

monochromatic

#110618 #2D1141 #4E1E71 #6F2BA1 #903ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.01

#4E1E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E1E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E71

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E71	1.00	12.01	1.75	12.01
#FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#05376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.137 307.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9a',
    500: '#4e1e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e71;
$custom-light: #835e9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.699,
    "s": 58.042,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35132,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 307.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E71

secondary

#6EA546

accent

#E14788

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E71

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

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