#4E1E74#4E1E74

#4E1E74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.141 H 305.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E74
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 116)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 74.1%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.03, 38.90, -40.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.03, 55.93, 314.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.38% 0.0824 -0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(35.38% 0.141 305.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7579, 3.8093, 16.8989)
Luminance	0.0381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E74 #44741E

analogous

#231E74 #4E1E74 #741E6F

triadic

#4E1E74 #744E1E #1E744E

tetradic

#4E1E74 #74231E #44741E #1E6F74

square

#4E1E74 #74231E #44741E #1E6F74

split-complementary

#4E1E74 #6F741E #1E7423

monochromatic

#100618 #2D1143 #4E1E74 #6F2BA5 #8E3FCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.92

#4E1E74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1E74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E74

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E74	1.00	11.92	1.76	11.92
#FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.141 305.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835e9d',
    500: '#4e1e74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e74;
$custom-light: #835e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.488,
    "s": 58.904,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35375,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 305.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E74

secondary

#71A846

accent

#E2468B

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E74

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

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