#4E1F81#4E1F81

#4E1F81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.154 H 300.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E1F81
RGB	rgb(78, 31, 129)
HSL	hsl(269, 61%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(269, 76%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 76%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 41.76, -46.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 62.45, 311.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.59% 0.0788 -0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(36.59% 0.154 300.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5933, 4.1846, 21.1723)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.10

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E1F81 #52811F

analogous

#1F2181 #4E1F81 #7F1F81

triadic

#4E1F81 #814E1F #1F814E

tetradic

#4E1F81 #811F21 #52811F #1F817F

square

#4E1F81 #811F21 #52811F #1F817F

split-complementary

#4E1F81 #817F1F #21811F

monochromatic

#12071E #301350 #4E1F81 #6C2BB2 #8A47D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#4E1F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#4E1F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E1F81

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E1F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E1F81	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003984

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00397F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#43384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e1f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 31, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.154 300.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8560a6',
    500: '#4e1f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e1f81;
$custom-light: #8560a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e1f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.776,
    "s": 61.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3659,
    "c": 0.15417,
    "h": 300.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E1F81

secondary

#80B448

accent

#E44397

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#F0EAF4

border

#CBC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E1F81

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

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