#4E1F76#4E1F76

#4E1F76 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.142 H 304.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F76
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 118)
HSL	hsl(272, 58%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.9%, 73.7%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.36, 38.92, -40.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.36, 56.48, 313.56°)
OKLab	oklab(35.66% 0.081 -0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(35.66% 0.142 304.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9012, 3.9077, 17.5267)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F76 #47761F

analogous

#231F76 #4E1F76 #761F73

triadic

#4E1F76 #764E1F #1F764E

tetradic

#4E1F76 #76231F #47761F #1F7376

square

#4E1F76 #76231F #47761F #1F7376

split-complementary

#4E1F76 #73761F #1F7623

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1246 #4E1F76 #6E2CA6 #8D42CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#4E1F76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#4E1F76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F76

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F76	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003679

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473348

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.142 304.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f9e',
    500: '#4e1f76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f76;
$custom-light: #845f9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.414,
    "s": 58.389,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35662,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 304.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F76

secondary

#74AA47

accent

#E2468E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F76

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

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