#4E1E77#4E1E77

#4E1E77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.144 H 304.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E77
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 119)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 74.8%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.27, 39.66, -41.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.27, 57.56, 313.55°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0819 -0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.144 304.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.9352, 3.8802, 17.8328)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E77 #47771E

analogous

#221E77 #4E1E77 #771E74

triadic

#4E1E77 #774E1E #1E774E

tetradic

#4E1E77 #77221E #47771E #1E7477

square

#4E1E77 #77221E #47771E #1E7477

split-complementary

#4E1E77 #74771E #1E7722

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1246 #4E1E77 #6E2AA8 #8D40CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4E1E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E77

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E77	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.144 304.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f9f',
    500: '#4e1e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e77;
$custom-light: #845f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.36,
    "s": 59.732,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35621,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 304.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E77

secondary

#74AB46

accent

#E3458E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E77

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

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