#4E1F74#4E1F74

#4E1F74 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.139 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F74
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 116)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 73%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.8%, 73.3%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.21, 38.41, -39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.21, 55.39, 313.91°)
OKLab	oklab(35.5% 0.0813 -0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(35.5% 0.139 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7836, 3.8607, 16.9074)
Luminance	0.0386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F74 #45741F

analogous

#231F74 #4E1F74 #741F70

triadic

#4E1F74 #744E1F #1F744E

tetradic

#4E1F74 #74231F #45741F #1F7074

square

#4E1F74 #74231F #45741F #1F7074

split-complementary

#4E1F74 #70741F #1F7423

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1244 #4E1F74 #6E2CA4 #8E41CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.85

#4E1F74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#4E1F74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F74

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F74	1.00	11.85	1.77	11.85
#FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.139 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f9d',
    500: '#4e1f74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f74;
$custom-light: #835f9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.176,
    "s": 57.823,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35499,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F74

secondary

#72A847

accent

#E1478C

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F74

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

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