#4E1E81#4E1E81

#4E1E81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.155 H 300.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1E81
RGB	rgb(78, 30, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 62%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 77%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 76.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.11, 42.23, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.11, 62.96, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(36.47% 0.0798 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(36.47% 0.155 300.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.5676, 4.1332, 21.1637)
Luminance	0.0413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 3.91

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1E81 #51811E

analogous

#1E1F81 #4E1E81 #7F1E81

triadic

#4E1E81 #814E1E #1E814E

tetradic

#4E1E81 #811E1F #51811E #1E817F

square

#4E1E81 #811E1F #51811E #1E817F

split-complementary

#4E1E81 #817F1E #1F811E

monochromatic

#12071E #30124F #4E1E81 #6C2AB3 #8B46D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.50

#4E1E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#4E1E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1E81

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1E81	1.00	11.50	1.83	11.50
#FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43374E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 30, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.155 300.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#855fa6',
    500: '#4e1e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1e81;
$custom-light: #855fa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 269.091,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36473,
    "c": 0.15534,
    "h": 300.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1E81

secondary

#7FB447

accent

#E54296

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0E9F4

border

#CBC5CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1E81

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

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