#4E1E79#4E1E79

#4E1E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.146 H 303.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E79
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(272, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 40.17, -42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 58.65, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.0815 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.146 303.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.0566, 3.9287, 18.4720)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.43

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E79 #49791E

analogous

#201E79 #4E1E79 #791E77

triadic

#4E1E79 #794E1E #1E794E

tetradic

#4E1E79 #79201E #49791E #1E7779

square

#4E1E79 #79201E #49791E #1E7779

split-complementary

#4E1E79 #77791E #1E7920

monochromatic

#100619 #2E1248 #4E1E79 #6E2AAA #8D41D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#4E1E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E79

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E79	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.146 303.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fa0',
    500: '#4e1e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e79;
$custom-light: #845fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.648,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35788,
    "c": 0.14642,
    "h": 303.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E79

secondary

#77AD46

accent

#E34490

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E79

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