#4E1E73#4E1E73

#4E1E73 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.140 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E73
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 115)
HSL	hsl(274, 59%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.2%, 73.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.95, 38.65, -39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.95, 55.39, 314.25°)
OKLab	oklab(35.29% 0.0826 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(35.29% 0.14 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.7000, 3.7861, 16.5942)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E73 #43731E

analogous

#231E73 #4E1E73 #731E6D

triadic

#4E1E73 #734E1E #1E734E

tetradic

#4E1E73 #73231E #43731E #1E6D73

square

#4E1E73 #73231E #43731E #1E6D73

split-complementary

#4E1E73 #6D731E #1E7323

monochromatic

#100618 #2D1142 #4E1E73 #6F2BA4 #8F3FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.95

#4E1E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E73

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E73	1.00	11.95	1.76	11.95
#FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.140 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9c',
    500: '#4e1e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e73;
$custom-light: #835e9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.882,
    "s": 58.621,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35293,
    "c": 0.13969,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E73

secondary

#70A746

accent

#E2468A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E73

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

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