#4E1E75#4E1E75

#4E1E75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.142 H 305.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E75
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 117)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 74.4%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.11, 39.15, -40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.11, 56.47, 313.89°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% 0.0823 -0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.142 305.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8163, 3.8327, 17.2069)
Luminance	0.0383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E75 #45751E

analogous

#221E75 #4E1E75 #751E71

triadic

#4E1E75 #754E1E #1E754E

tetradic

#4E1E75 #75221E #45751E #1E7175

square

#4E1E75 #75221E #45751E #1E7175

split-complementary

#4E1E75 #71751E #1E7522

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1244 #4E1E75 #6E2AA6 #8E40CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.89

#4E1E75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1E75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E75

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E75	1.00	11.89	1.77	11.89
#FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003773

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473247

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.142 305.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e9d',
    500: '#4e1e75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e75;
$custom-light: #845e9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35456,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 305.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E75

secondary

#72A946

accent

#E2458C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E75

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

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