#4E1F78#4E1F78

#4E1F78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.144 H 304.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F78
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 120)
HSL	hsl(272, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(272, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35%, 74.2%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.52, 39.43, -41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.52, 57.57, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% 0.0806 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.144 304)
XYZ	xyz(7.0213, 3.9558, 18.1593)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F78 #49781F

analogous

#211F78 #4E1F78 #781F76

triadic

#4E1F78 #784E1F #1F784E

tetradic

#4E1F78 #78211F #49781F #1F7678

square

#4E1F78 #78211F #49781F #1F7678

split-complementary

#4E1F78 #76781F #1F7821

monochromatic

#100618 #2E1247 #4E1F78 #6E2CA9 #8D43CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#4E1F78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#4E1F78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F78

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F78	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003876

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#463449

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.144 304.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fa0',
    500: '#4e1f78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f78;
$custom-light: #845fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.685,
    "s": 58.94,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35827,
    "c": 0.14402,
    "h": 304
  },
  "luminance": 0.03956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F78

secondary

#77AB47

accent

#E24690

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F78

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

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