#4E1F72#4E1F72

#4E1F72 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.137 H 306.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F72
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 114)
HSL	hsl(274, 57%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(274, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.05, 37.91, -38.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.05, 54.30, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(35.34% 0.0816 -0.1103)
OKLCH	oklch(35.34% 0.137 306.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.6685, 3.8146, 16.3013)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F72 #43721F

analogous

#241F72 #4E1F72 #721F6C

triadic

#4E1F72 #724E1F #1F724E

tetradic

#4E1F72 #72241F #43721F #1F6C72

square

#4E1F72 #72241F #43721F #1F6C72

split-complementary

#4E1F72 #6C721F #1F7224

monochromatic

#100718 #2D1242 #4E1F72 #6F2CA2 #8F40CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.91

#4E1F72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#4E1F72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F72

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F72	1.00	11.91	1.76	11.91
#FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#053770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#483246

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.137 306.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f9b',
    500: '#4e1f72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f72;
$custom-light: #835f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.976,
    "s": 57.241,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35338,
    "c": 0.13722,
    "h": 306.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F72

secondary

#70A647

accent

#E0478A

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F72

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

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