#4E1E76#4E1E76

#4E1E76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.143 H 305.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E76
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 118)
HSL	hsl(273, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 75%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 74.6%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.19, 39.41, -41.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.19, 57.02, 313.72°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% 0.0821 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.143 305)
XYZ	xyz(6.8754, 3.8563, 17.5182)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E76 #46761E

analogous

#221E76 #4E1E76 #761E72

triadic

#4E1E76 #764E1E #1E764E

tetradic

#4E1E76 #76221E #46761E #1E7276

square

#4E1E76 #76221E #46761E #1E7276

split-complementary

#4E1E76 #72761E #1E7622

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1245 #4E1E76 #6E2AA7 #8E40CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.86

#4E1E76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1E76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E76

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E76	1.00	11.86	1.77	11.86
#FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.143 305.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845e9e',
    500: '#4e1e76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e76;
$custom-light: #845e9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.727,
    "s": 59.459,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35539,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 305
  },
  "luminance": 0.03856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E76

secondary

#73AA46

accent

#E3458D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E76

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

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