#4E1F77#4E1F77

#4E1F77 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.143 H 304.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F77
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 119)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(34.5%, 73.9%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.44, 39.17, -41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.44, 57.02, 313.39°)
OKLab	oklab(35.74% 0.0808 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(35.74% 0.143 304.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9609, 3.9316, 17.8413)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F77 #48771F

analogous

#221F77 #4E1F77 #771F74

triadic

#4E1F77 #774E1F #1F774E

tetradic

#4E1F77 #77221F #48771F #1F7477

square

#4E1F77 #77221F #48771F #1F7477

split-complementary

#4E1F77 #74771F #1F7722

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1246 #4E1F77 #6E2CA8 #8D43CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#4E1F77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1F77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F77

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F77	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003875

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.143 304.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845f9f',
    500: '#4e1f77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f77;
$custom-light: #845f9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.045,
    "s": 58.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35744,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 304.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F77

secondary

#76AB47

accent

#E2468F

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050E

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F77

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

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