#4E1F79#4E1F79

#4E1F79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.145 H 303.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F79
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 121)
HSL	hsl(271, 59%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(271, 74%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 74.4%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.61, 39.69, -42.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.61, 58.11, 313.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.91% 0.0804 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(35.91% 0.145 303.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.0823, 3.9802, 18.4806)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.62

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F79 #4A791F

analogous

#211F79 #4E1F79 #791F77

triadic

#4E1F79 #794E1F #1F794E

tetradic

#4E1F79 #79211F #4A791F #1F7779

square

#4E1F79 #79211F #4A791F #1F7779

split-complementary

#4E1F79 #77791F #1F7921

monochromatic

#100618 #2F1348 #4E1F79 #6D2BAA #8C43CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#4E1F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#4E1F79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F79

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F79	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003877

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#46354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.145 303.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fa0',
    500: '#4e1f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f79;
$custom-light: #845fa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.333,
    "s": 59.211,
    "l": 29.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3591,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 303.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F79

secondary

#78AC47

accent

#E24590

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F79

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

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