#4E1E7A#4E1E7A

#4E1E7A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.148 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E7A
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 122)
HSL	hsl(271, 61%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 75%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.1%, 75.4%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 40.43, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 59.19, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% 0.0813 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.148 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.1182, 3.9534, 18.7967)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.33

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E7A #4A7A1E

analogous

#201E7A #4E1E7A #7A1E78

triadic

#4E1E7A #7A4E1E #1E7A4E

tetradic

#4E1E7A #7A201E #4A7A1E #1E787A

square

#4E1E7A #7A201E #4A7A1E #1E787A

split-complementary

#4E1E7A #787A1E #1E7A20

monochromatic

#100619 #2F1249 #4E1E7A #6D2AAB #8C42D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#4E1E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E7A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E7A	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#45344A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.148 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fa1',
    500: '#4e1e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e7a;
$custom-light: #845fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.304,
    "s": 60.526,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35872,
    "c": 0.14753,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E7A

secondary

#78AE46

accent

#E44490

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E7A

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