#4E1E78#4E1E78

#4E1E78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.145 H 304.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E78
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 120)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 75%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.35, 39.92, -42.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.35, 58.10, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.71% 0.0817 -0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(35.71% 0.145 304.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9955, 3.9043, 18.1507)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E78 #48781E

analogous

#211E78 #4E1E78 #781E75

triadic

#4E1E78 #784E1E #1E784E

tetradic

#4E1E78 #78211E #48781E #1E7578

square

#4E1E78 #78211E #48781E #1E7578

split-complementary

#4E1E78 #75781E #1E7821

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1247 #4E1E78 #6E2AA9 #8D41CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4E1E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E78

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E78	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.145 304.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fa0',
    500: '#4e1e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e78;
$custom-light: #845fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35705,
    "c": 0.14529,
    "h": 304.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E78

secondary

#76AC46

accent

#E3458F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E78

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

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