#4E1F71#4E1F71

#4E1F71 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.136 H 306.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F71
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 113)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(31%, 72.6%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 37.66, -38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 53.75, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.26% 0.0818 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(35.26% 0.136 306.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6119, 3.7920, 16.0032)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F71 #42711F

analogous

#251F71 #4E1F71 #711F6B

triadic

#4E1F71 #714E1F #1F714E

tetradic

#4E1F71 #71251F #42711F #1F6B71

square

#4E1F71 #71251F #42711F #1F6B71

split-complementary

#4E1F71 #6B711F #1F7125

monochromatic

#110718 #2D1241 #4E1F71 #6F2CA1 #8F40CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#4E1F71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1F71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F71

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F71	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#07376F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483145

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.136 306.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f9a',
    500: '#4e1f71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f71;
$custom-light: #835f9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.39,
    "s": 56.944,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35258,
    "c": 0.13609,
    "h": 306.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F71

secondary

#6FA547

accent

#E04889

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F71

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

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