#4E1E72#4E1E72

#4E1E72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.139 H 306.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E72
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 58%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 73.7%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.87, 38.40, -39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.87, 54.85, 314.44°)
OKLab	oklab(35.21% 0.0828 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(35.21% 0.139 306.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6428, 3.7632, 16.2928)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E72 #42721E

analogous

#241E72 #4E1E72 #721E6C

triadic

#4E1E72 #724E1E #1E724E

tetradic

#4E1E72 #72241E #42721E #1E6C72

square

#4E1E72 #72241E #42721E #1E6C72

split-complementary

#4E1E72 #6C721E #1E7224

monochromatic

#110618 #2D1142 #4E1E72 #6F2BA2 #8F3ECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.98

#4E1E72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#4E1E72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E72

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E72	1.00	11.98	1.75	11.98
#FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483146

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.139 306.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9b',
    500: '#4e1e72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e72;
$custom-light: #835e9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35213,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 306.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E72

secondary

#6FA646

accent

#E24689

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E72

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

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