#4E1F75#4E1F75

#4E1F75 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.141 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F75
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 117)
HSL	hsl(273, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(273, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.3%, 73.5%, 0%, 54.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.28, 38.66, -40.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.28, 55.93, 313.73°)
OKLab	oklab(35.58% 0.0812 -0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(35.58% 0.141 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8420, 3.8841, 17.2154)
Luminance	0.0388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F75 #46751F

analogous

#231F75 #4E1F75 #751F71

triadic

#4E1F75 #754E1F #1F754E

tetradic

#4E1F75 #75231F #46751F #1F7175

square

#4E1F75 #75231F #46751F #1F7175

split-complementary

#4E1F75 #71751F #1F7523

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1245 #4E1F75 #6E2CA5 #8E42CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.82

#4E1F75 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1F75 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F75

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F75	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F75	1.00	11.82	1.78	11.82
#FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003678

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003873

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473347

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f75;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.141 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835f9d',
    500: '#4e1f75',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f75;
$custom-light: #835f9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f75",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.791,
    "s": 58.108,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3558,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F75

secondary

#73A947

accent

#E1468D

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F75

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

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